(as) free as (the) air

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(as) free as (the) air

1. Unencumbered; without constraints or restrictions. The phrase means the same as "free," but with more emphasis. I'm as free as air this Friday! Do you want to meet for dinner? A: "Are you still with Brian?" B: "Nope, I'm single now—free as the air!"

2. Happy and untroubled. Betty must be free as air because I never see her in a bad mood.

(as) free as (the) ˈair/as a ˈbird

completely free: You can’t imagine what it’s like to feel as free as the air. Nobody who hasn’t been in prison can imagine it.

See also: air, bird, free

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free as air/as a bird
(as) free as a bird
free as a bird
a free lunch
free lunch
the only free cheese is in the mousetrap
You don't get for nothing
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(there) ain't no free lunch(es)
there's no such thing as a free lunch

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as ever trod shoe-leather
as far as
as far as (one) knows
as far as (someone or something) is concerned
as far as (something) goes
as far as anyone knows
as far as I (can) recall/remember
as far as I can see
as far as I can tell
as far as I understand (it)
as far as I'm concerned
as far as in me lies
as far as is concerned
as far as it goes
as far as possible
as far as that goes
as far as the eye can see
as far as the eye can/could see
as fast as (one's) legs can carry (one)
as fast as your legs can carry you
as fat as a beached whale
as follows
as for
as for somebody/something
as free as air
as fresh as a daisy
as from
as from (something)
as fuck
as game as Ned Kelly
as gay as pink ink
as good as
as good as (one's) word
as good as (something)
as good as done
as good as gold
as good as it gets
as good as new
as good as word
as good as...
as good, well, etc. as the next person
as hell
as hot as highway blacktop
as I expected
as I live and breathe
As I live and breathe!
as I see it
as I was saying
as if
as if (one) owns the place
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as flat as a pancake
as flat as a pancake
as flat as a pancake
as flat as a pancake
as flat as a strap
as flat as a tack
as follows
as follows
as follows
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as for
As for Me
as for somebody
as for somebody/something
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As For You
as fouled up as Hogan's Goat
As Found
As Found Report
As Freak
as free as a bird
as free as air
as free as the air
As Frequently as Possible
as fresh as a daisy
as fresh as a daisy
as fresh as a daisy
as fresh as a daisy
as from
as from
as from
as from
as from
as from
as from (something)
as from something
as full as a goog
as full as a goog
as full as a tick
as funny as a barrel of monkeys
as funny as a crutch
as funny as a fart in a spacesuit
as game as Ned Kelly
as gaudy as a butterfly
as gay as a $3 bill
as gay as a 3 dollar bill
as gay as a 3-dollar bill
as gay as a three dollar bill
as gay as a three-dollar bill
as gay as pink ink
as gentle as a lamb
as go
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