like water off a duck's back
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Now in its 19th series, criticism of The Apprentice falls "like water off a duck's back" these days, he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
Grammer: If we were 20, we’d be thinking about what we’re trying to do to make the characters believable. but at this point, it’s sort of like water off a duck’s back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
Bad reviews, the few there are, glide off Buscemi like water off a duck’s back.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2017
I think that’s like water off a duck’s back.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2011
Mr. Woolley was bathed in romance of the most singular kind, and the precious fluid ran off him like water off a duck's back.
From Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
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