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like water off a duck's back



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Idioms and Phrases

Readily 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]

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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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