ВОЛЬНАЯ ПТАШКА
• ВОЛЬНАЯ ПТИЦА (ПТАШКА coll)
[NP; more often sing; often subj-compl with copula, nom or, rare, instrum (subj: human); usu. this WO]
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⇒ a person who has no constraints on his actions, who can do whatever he wants to:
- (as) free as a bird (as the wind);
- free man (woman);
- one's own master.
♦ ...Виолет не могла нарадоваться: отец сиял... "С сегодняшнего дня я вольная птица" (Эренбург 4)... Violette was unable to contain her joy; her father was radiant... "From today I'm as free as a bird," he said (4a).
♦ [Борис:] Что обо мне-то толковать! Я вольная птица. Ты-то как? (Островский 6). [В ] Why talk about me' I'm a free man. What's it like for you? (6a).