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if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck

If something has all the characteristics of a thing, then it is probably that thing, regardless of how it is presented or what it is called. There are many variations of the expression, and it is often shortened to the first part of the phrase. They say it's not a tax, but come on—it's an annual financial contribution determined by your yearly income. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. A: "They say that they're just reorganizing the department, but it seems an awful lot like they're getting ready for a round of mass layoffs." B: "Well, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck…." I tell her all the time, "If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck," but no, nothing changes her mind about the lying loser she's seeing.
See also: and, duck, if, like, look, quack

if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck

If something has all the characteristics of a thing, it is probably that thing, regardless of what it is called or presented as. There are many variations of the expression, and it is often shortened to the first part of the phrase. They say it's not a tax, but come on—it's an annual financial contribution determined by our yearly income. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck. A: "They say that they're just reorganizing the department, but it seems an awful lot like they're getting ready for a round of mass layoffs." B: "Well, if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck…." I tell her all the time, "If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck," but no, nothing changes her mind about the lying loser she's seeing.
See also: and, duck, if, like, look, walk
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quack

n. a fraudulent physician; a derogatory term for a physician. I won’t go back to that quack ever again!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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References in periodicals archive
The commissioner reiterated that the visit of the committee and the law enforcement agency to health facilities would be a continuous exercise until the state was rid of quackery.
Even those doctors or hospitals dispensing treatment that does not fall in their professional purview are considered practicing quackery. For instance, if a homoeopathic doctor or Hakeem is prescribing allopathic medicine or is caught, during inspections by the PHC team, possessing any medicine other than what is used conventionally in their respective treatment, it would be considered quackery.
He said to take an innovate approach to deal with quackery by bringing this issue at the conscious level of common man.
" We send at least 500 complaints per year to the Delhi Police regarding quackery, but only 10 cases were registered in January this year under Section 27 of the DMC Act, 1997," said Dr Anil Bansal, co- convener, anti quackery cell, IMA.
Though chiropractic is now a licensed profession in all 50 states, the American Medical Association condemned it as quackery for decades.
Based on a preliminary flapdoodle vulnerability risk assessment conducted by yours truly, the quackery quotient seems to be at an all-time high in this accounting firm's inner sanctum.
These schemes are probably the most popular form of quackery. Millions seek a painless way to win the battle of the bulge.
Dr Carol Iwuoha, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia chapter, has called for Abia government's support in curbing quackery in the medical profession.
LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC), during its ongoing drive against quackery, have closed down another eight quackery outlets.
KARACHI -- Sindh Health Care Commission is organizing a consultative meeting of regulatory bodies on June 18, 2019 in Karachi to devise a comprehensive strategy to improve health services delivery standards and eliminate quackery from Pakistan.
In between this mess developed a large swathe of quackery, to wreak havoc with the lives of the people.
KARACHI -- Promising that a campaign against quackery, which has been started in the teeming metropolis, will turn more vigorous, Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) officials on Thursday said they had already sealed four such establishments in the city's South district.
On the other hand, the follow-up visits showed that 102 quackery outlets had been converted into other businesses.
Another formidable challenge was to weed out quackery. While the Commission was running a campaign, in collaboration with district authorities, to respond to public complaints of quackery, this initiative received a major boost after the completion of the census of HCEs operating in Punjab.
A three-member delegation of YDA Pakistan, led by its secretary Dr Salman Kazmi, was told about the steps taken by the PHC for eradication of quackery. Dr Kazmi appreciated the Commission for its work, and vowed extending full support to the PHC.
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