like water off a duck's back

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Fig. easily; without any apparent effect. Insults rolled off John like water off a duck's back. The bullets had no effect on the steel door. They fell away like water off a duck's back.

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When it is only myself or the coaches, John Breckin and Jason McAteer, having a go, it becomes like water off a duck's back to the players. Football: Captain Goodison relishing his new position; Rovers star ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			like lambs to the slaughter like looking for a needle in a haystack like mad Like mother, like daughter like moths to a flame like nailing jelly to the wall like nobody's business like nothing on earth like one of the family like peas in a pod like pigs to the slaughter like pulling teeth like shelling peas like shooting fish in a barrel like stealing acorns from a blind pig like stink like taking candy from a baby like the cat that got the cream like the clappers like the devil like the wind like there's no tomorrow like to hear oneself talk like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow like turkeys voting for Christmas like water off a duck's back like wildfire like, you know likely likely as not liken to likes of Likewise liking lily lily-livered lily-white limb limber up limelight limit limit to limp-wristed line line of least resistance line on line own pocket line pockets line up line up against line up alongside			like sin like stealing acorns from a blind pig like stink like taking candy from a baby like terms like the cat that ate the canary like the cat that got the cream like the cat that's got the cream like the cat that's got the cream like the cat that's got the cream like the cat who's stolen the cream like the cat who's stolen the cream like the cat who's stolen the cream like the clappers like the devil like the devil like the dickens Like The Wind like there ain't no tomorrow like there's no tomorrow like there's no tomorrow Like This Like This (song) like thunder like to like to hear oneself talk Like Totally Awesome like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow like turkeys voting for Christmas Like Water for Chocolate like water off a duck's back like wildfire like wildfire like wildfire like wildfire Like, Duh, Obviously Like, Oh My Gosh like, you know Like-for-Like Sale Like-for-Like Sales like-jacking like-kind Like-Kind Exchange Like-Kind Exchanges Like-Kind Properties Like-Kind Property like-minded like-minded Like-Minded Countries Like-Minded Individual like-mindedness like-mindedness like-named likeability likeability likeable likeable likeableness likeableness likeably likeably

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