Bird Idioms and Phrase
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(as) free as (the) air
Meaning:
Happy and untroubled
Examples:
I miss the days of being free as the air, back before I had adult problems, like bills to pay.
(as) free as a bird
Meaning:
Unencumbered; not restrained by anything. The phrase means the same as “free,” but with more emphasis
Examples:
Betty must be free as a bird because I never see her in a bad mood.
(feathered) oof-bird
Meaning:
obsolete Something that is a source of money, usually in large quantities.
Examples:
You better come up with a reliable way to earn money, instead hoping for some oof-bird to fall in your lap.
(not) a dicky bird
Meaning:
(Not) anything at all.
Examples:
We heard not a dicky-bird out of the kids all night – they were quiet as can be.
(Someone’s) Goose Is Cooked
Meaning:
In serious trouble, with no hope of improvement
Examples:
After losing two sets to the invincible Djokovic, the tennis player’s goose was cooked.
a bird in hand
Meaning:
Something of some value that is already acquired
Examples:
I think I’ll keep my modest winnings rather than wagering them all on the next horse race. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
a bird of passage
Meaning:
A person who remains unfixed to a certain location, relocating from one place to another.
Examples:
The economy has forced me to become a bird of passage, moving around the state to wherever I can find work.
a bird’s eye shot
Meaning:
A scene photographed or filmed from an angle above the subject.
Examples:
Stand on the roof of that building and get a bird’s eye shot of our lead actress walking down the street.
a bird’s eye view
Meaning:
A view looking down at an object or area from a high elevation (as if from the perspective of a bird in flight).
Examples:
From up here you can get a bird’s eye view of the entire campus.
a box of bird
Meaning:
In good spirits or health. Used in the phrase “be a box of birds.”
Examples:
Molly seems like a box of birds today—she must be over the flu.
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