单词 | like water off a duck's back |
释义 | like water off a duck's backReadily and without apparent effect. For example, The scathing reviews rolled off him like water off a duck's back. This expression alludes to the fact that duck feathers shed water. [Early 1800s] Words nearby like water off a duck's backlike rolling off a log, like shooting fish in a barrel, like something the cat dragged in, like that, like to, like water off a duck's back, likewise, likin, liking, likker, Likud 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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