🪶 Light as a Feather: From Weightless Wonders to Featherweights in History 🌬️
Light as a feather - Extremely lightweight. This simile dates back to the sixteenth century, first appearing in Edward Hall’s Chronicles (1548) and surfacing many times thereafter. It eventually gave rise to the term “featherweight” used in boxing to describe a contender who weighs less than 126 pounds (57 kg).
Synonyms:
- Airy
- Weightless
- Feather-light
- Gossamer
Antonyms:
- Heavy as lead
- Burdened
- Lumbering
- Massy
🎼 Humorous Quote: “As light as a feather, but with the agility of a hippo on roller skates!”
📚 Proverbs: “Feathers fly fastest when stirred by a light heart.” “Just because it’s feather-light doesn’t mean it lacks substance.”
🎬 Reference Oasis:
- Books: “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach
- Poetry: “To Althea, from Prison” by Richard Lovelace (When Love with unconfined wings, / Hovers within my Gates; And my divine Althea brings / To whisper at the Grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, / And fettered to her eye, The Gods that wanton in the Air, / Know no such Liberty.)
- Songs: “Feather” by Nujabes
- Movies: “Forrest Gump” – Remember that floating feather?
Similar Terms, Phrases, and Expressions
- As light as air - Equally metaphorical, suggesting something very light or insubstantial.
- Floating on a cloud - Denotes a state of happiness or a sense of being extremely light and carefree.
- Thin as a rail - While primarily denoting slender physique, it also suggests lightness in weight.
Intriguing Expressions & Inspirations:
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper
Eating a plenty of food in the morning like a king and cutting down to virtually nothing at dinner time like a pauper would float their bodies around lightly and maybe stay as thin and light as feather even if content a carved as big weight sometimes.
🪶 “Be light as a feather but strong like a rock!” 🪨 – Feathery Finish
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🎇 So long, feather-light friend, may you carry this sparked, lighthearted wisdom through history’s breezes. 🌬️
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