like water off a duck's back

Idioms  

1. 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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like water off a duck's back

My club lose so often now though that a defeat is like water off a duck's back whatever the time and/or day.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024

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

When an officer lets words go in one ear and out the other like water off a duck's back, to quote the Dutch janitor, he is chasing rainbows by rubbing fur in the wrong direction.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense