(as) light as a feather Idiom

a feather in your cap

an honor, a credit to you, chalk one up for you Because you are Karen's teacher, her award is a feather in your cap.

birds of a feather flock together

people who are similar become friends or join together Don

feather a pass (hockey)

pass a puck accurately but softly Nilsson could feather a pass better than the other players.

feather in one

something to be proud of, an honor Winning the speech contest was a feather in his cap and we are very proud of him.

feather in your cap

(See a feather in your cap)

feather one

look after one

feather your nest

make a comfortable place, prepare your future place, nest egg Charles became a professor and began to feather his nest at the University of Manitoba.

horse feathers

lies, false stories, bull, a bunch of malarkey "When she told her dad she saw a ghost, he said, ""Horse feathers!"""

knock me over with a feather

I was very surprised, I could not believe it, blow me down When she told me she was married to my ex-husband, you could have knocked me over with a feather.

ruffle your feathers

annoy you, bother you, get your dander up Don't let that insult ruffle your feathers. Don't let it upset you.

(as) ablaze as a feather

Exceptionally ablaze in weight. The actual in the covering is abiding and waterproof, but feels as ablaze as a feather. Don't worry, the box is big but it's ablaze as a feather.Learn more: feather, light

*light as a feather

and *light as airCliché ablaze in weight; [of cakes and pastries] aerial and airy. (*Also: as ~.) Carrying Esther from the car to the abode was no problem; she was as ablaze as a feather. What a adorable cake, Tom! And ablaze as air, too.Learn more: feather, light

light as a feather

Extremely lightweight. This affinity can be acclimated to accredit either to concrete weight, as in This amount is ablaze as a feather, or to texture, as in This block is ablaze as a feather. [Mid-1500s] Learn more: feather, light

light as a feather

If addition or article is as light as a feather, they counterbalance actual little. `Put me down,' I said. `I'm too heavy.' `Light as a feather,' he retorted, blank my request. Although it was a ample package, it was as ablaze as a feather.Learn more: feather, light

(as) ablaze as ˈair/a ˈfeather

belief actual little; actual light: I love this anorak — it’s absolutely balmy but it’s as ablaze as a feather. ♢ Her blot cakes are as ablaze as air. OPPOSITE: weigh (half) a tonLearn more: air, feather, light

light as a feather

Extremely lightweight. This affinity dates from the sixteenth century, actualization in Edward Hall’s Chronicles (1548) and abounding times thereafter. Indeed, it eventually gave acceleration to the chat featherweight, used in battle to call a adversary who weighs beneath than 126 pounds (57 kg).Learn more: feather, light

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(as) light as a feather Idiom

a feather in your cap

birds of a feather flock together

feather a pass (hockey)

feather in one

feather in your cap

feather one

feather your nest

horse feathers

knock me over with a feather

ruffle your feathers

(as) ablaze as a feather

*light as a feather

light as a feather

light as a feather

(as) ablaze as ˈair/a ˈfeather

light as a feather

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