sing like a bird en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(qualifier:simile) To have a beautiful singing voice.
When she had gone on a little, she began to sing like a bird, her sweet young voice rising on the air as if it had wings […]
1882, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 131, page 709:
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(idiomatic, qualifier:simile) To divulge secrets with little coercion.
Totila will sing like a bird to the cops once I show the photocopies, […]
2004, Kasey Michaels, Maggie Without a Clue, page 397:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sang like a bird | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| singing like a bird | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sings like a bird | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sung like a bird | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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