water off a duck's back
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The plot is thicker than water off a duck’s back.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019
He told the Huffington Post in 2014: "He came into what was an incredibly fraught situation and it was just water off a duck's back."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2018
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
The common saying, "Cares roll off her like water off a duck's back," means the same thing.
From Power Through Repose by Call, Annie Payson
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