10 Examples of Similes

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2. As Light as a Feather

Feathers are very light. So light that they will often just float around if they are dropped, rather than plummeting straight down to the ground. They have evolved to be light because otherwise they would weigh birds down. They are often used in similes to help explain something that is very light.

If something is described as being as light as a feather, it is nearly always quite a considerable exaggeration. Instead of the item being described actually having the same weight as a feather, it is probably just that it is lighter than other similar objects. For example, it might be used to describe an expensive mountain bike, which would be a lot lighter than a standard model.

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