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Definition water off a duck’s back in American English

water off a duck’s back phrase

phrase
1

used for saying that things such as criticisms or insults do not affect someone because they have dealt with a lot of them before

Example

All those things he said to me were just water off a duck's back.

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Definition water off a duck’s back in American English