light as a feather

Idioms and Phrases

Extremely lightweight. This simile can be used to refer either to physical weight, as in This load is light as a feather , or to texture, as in This cake is light as a feather . [Mid-1500s]

Example Sentences

If the shirt was heavy against Scotland, it was as light as a feather against Ireland.

From BBC

“I looked up at the blue sky and had one of those outer-body moments. I remember feeling light as a feather. And I just started to cry.”

From Seattle Times

Once it all fell out, my body was as light as a feather.

From Literature

“Air” is enjoyably facile and light as a feather, though sometimes touching, never more so than in a late, deftly handled face-off between Sonny and Deloris that brings the larger racial stakes of the landmark deal into crystalline focus.

From New York Times

Much lighter than meat-based larb, Gentl describes this variation as “light as a feather” but with “a serious flavor punch.”

From Washington Post

Related Words

• ethereal
• inconsequential
• trivial