as light as feather vs as light as a feather

The correct phrase is 'as light as a feather.' The article 'a' is necessary before 'feather' to make the comparison grammatically correct. 'As light as feather' is not a common or correct construction in English.

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as light as feather

This phrase is not correct in English. The article 'a' is needed before 'feather' to make the comparison grammatically correct.

The correct phrase is 'as light as a feather,' which is used to describe something very light or weightless.

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as light as feather
They're quiet as shadows and as light as feathers.
I assure you... they will be as light as feathers to me.
You walk as light as a feather with snow-shoes over the scintillating blanket of snow.
This premium down jacket is as light as a feather, and will keep you warm and dry all season.
Comfortable quilt jackets with microlite interlining are as light as a feather but yet keep warm.
Our bag is reversible and oversized, but still as light as a feather.
If the heart was as light as a feather the Initiate would be given entrance to the heavenly worlds-meaning higher states of consciousness.
With a weight of just 130 g/m2, the fabric is as light as a feather and wonderfully smooth.
An angel on a bicycle, as light as a feather, and I'm under her spell.
I have a flash that I hardly ever use and a Manfrotto tripod, which is as light as a feather (perfect for travelling).
I'll say hello, and you will feel as light as a feather, as if you were floating on air.
Enters the kingdom of heaven whoever is emptied and has become as light as a feather, rather as a breath of wind.
Its design is slim, its handling elements sit perfectly in the user's hand and its movements are natural and as light as a feather.
Heavy as lead was the way into illness, as light as a feather and paved with broken doctors was the way out of torture.
A Mason's heart shall be as light as a feather
At less than 80kg (total weight), Marc Boyer is as light as a feather under his wing-he stays in the air more easily than us in the very first bubbles.
The opening is as light as a feather, the movement extremely elegant, and the closing as soft as a whisper.
If the heart was not as light as the feather, the soul would be lost to Apet, the devourer.
Simple question, but in most cases the reflex is clear: down is as light as a feather, the ton of sheet steel must inevitably weigh more.
Olga Esina, the other principal dancer in the company, was an impeccable Dryad Queen, confident in her (sustained) leaps on pointe, as-light-as-a-feather in her sauts de chats, and, above all, elegant, lovely and haughty.

Alternatives:

as light as air
as light as a cloud
as light as a breeze
as light as a whisper
as light as a dandelion seed

as light as a feather

This phrase is correct in English. The article 'a' is necessary before 'feather' to make the comparison grammatically correct.

This phrase is used to describe something very light or weightless, comparing it to the weight of a feather.

Show examples from the web [+]

I have a flash that I hardly ever use and a Manfrotto tripod, which is as light as a feather (perfect for travelling).
Enters the kingdom of heaven whoever is emptied and has become as light as a feather, rather as a breath of wind.
This premium down jacket is as light as a feather, and will keep you warm and dry all season.
Our bag is reversible and oversized, but still as light as a feather.
I'll say hello, and you will feel as light as a feather, as if you were floating on air.
Its design is slim, its handling elements sit perfectly in the user's hand and its movements are natural and as light as a feather.
Heavy as lead was the way into illness, as light as a feather and paved with broken doctors was the way out of torture.
A Mason's heart shall be as light as a feather
At less than 80kg (total weight), Marc Boyer is as light as a feather under his wing-he stays in the air more easily than us in the very first bubbles.
The opening is as light as a feather, the movement extremely elegant, and the closing as soft as a whisper.
It was as light as a feather
If the heart was as light as a feather the Initiate would be given entrance to the heavenly worlds-meaning higher states of consciousness.
You walk as light as a feather with snow-shoes over the scintillating blanket of snow.
An angel on a bicycle, as light as a feather, and I'm under her spell.
Simple question, but in most cases the reflex is clear: down is as light as a feather, the ton of sheet steel must inevitably weigh more.
Yet, how then is it, that some of us feel the confusion and depression at the same time... and others may feel as Light as a feather?
They're as light as a feather.
Comfortable quilt jackets with microlite interlining are as light as a feather but yet keep warm.
With a weight of just 130 g/m2, the fabric is as light as a feather and wonderfully smooth.
Then the mixture is sprinkled with wine and lemon juice, so that the pasta strips should be "as thin as a hair, as light as a feather and scented like a flower".

Alternatives:

as light as air
as light as a cloud
as light as a breeze
as light as a whisper
as light as a dandelion seed

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