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free as a bird
Idioms and Phrases
At liberty, without obligations, as in Can you join us tonight?—Yes, I'm free as a bird , or He's free as a bird—he can travel wherever he chooses . [c. 1700]. Also see footloose and fancy-free .Example Sentences
“There were no streets or stop signs up there. You were free as a bird.â€
At the time, these songs, “Free as a Bird†and “Real Loveâ€, were the first new Beatles songs in 25 years.
They used the tape to construct the songs “Free As a Bird†and “Real Love,†released in the mid-1990s.
Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr began building an arrangement around Lennon’s recording in 1995, the year they released another posthumous song, “Free as a Bird,†on the compilation album “Anthology 1,†followed by “Real Love†on “Anthology 2†in 1996.
After his death, widow Yoko Ono gave the recording to the remaining Beatles on a cassette that also featured demos for Free as a Bird and Real Love.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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