water off a duck's back
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The Kordas realise the interest in their family but you sense it's like water off a duck's back.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021
The plot is thicker than water off a duck’s back.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019
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
From most children, one trusts, Calvinism ran like water off a duck’s back; unlucky were they who first absorbed, and later were compelled to get rid of, “The Shorter Catechism!”
From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew
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