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like water off a duck's back

  • 1 duck

    I verb
    1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) potopiti (se)
    2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) skloniti se, skriti se
    II plurals - ducks, duck; noun
    1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) raca
    2) (a female duck. See also drake.) raca
    3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) ničla (pri kriketu)
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    I [dʌk]
    noun
    zoology raca; amfibijsko vozilo; colloquially srček, ljubček; očarljiva oseba; American military našiv; bankrotnik, dolžnik; invalid; colloquially nič, ničla (kriket)
    a lame duck — dolžnik; invalid
    like a duck in a thunderstorm — potrt, otožen; zgubljen
    to play ( —ali make) ducks and drakes — metati žabice (na vodni gladini); zapravljati
    like water off a duck's back — brez učinka, kot bob ob steno
    colloquially a duck of a — očarljiv
    (to take to s.th.) like a duck to water — (lotiti se česa) z veseljem, brez obotavljanja
    duck's egg sport nič, nobena točka (kriket)
    II [dʌk]
    intransitive verb & transitive verb
    počeniti, počepati; hitro glavo skloniti, ukloniti se; potapljati, potopiti (se); race loviti
    colloquially prikloniti se; slang to duck out — popihati jo
    III [dʌk]
    noun
    nagla sklonitev, počep, potopitev
    IV [dʌk]
    noun
    vrsta surovega platna; plural hlače iz takega blaga
    V [dʌk]
    noun
    colloquially izkrcevalni čoln za amfibije

    English-Slovenian dictionary > duck

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  • (like) water off a duck's back — (like) water off a ˌduck s ˈback idiom (informal) used to say that sth, especially criticism, has no effect on sb/sth • I can t tell my son what to do; it s water off a duck s back with him. Main entry: ↑wateridiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • like water off a duck's back — ► like water off a duck s back (of a critical remark) having no effect. Main Entry: ↑duck …   English terms dictionary

  • like water off a duck's back — (of a scolding, etc) having no effect, making no impression • • • Main Entry: ↑water …   Useful english dictionary

  • like water off a duck's back — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without changing your feelings or opinion; without effect. * /Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck s back./ * /Many people showed him they didn t like what he was doing, but their disapproval passed off …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like water off a duck's back — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without changing your feelings or opinion; without effect. * /Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck s back./ * /Many people showed him they didn t like what he was doing, but their disapproval passed off …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like\ water\ off\ a\ duck's\ back — adv. phr. informal Without changing your feelings or opinion; without effect. Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck s back. Many people showed him they didn t like what he was doing, but their disapproval passed off him like… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • like water off a duck's back — without effect, without changing one s feelings or opinion He always criticizes his friend who always ignores it so it falls away like water off a duck s back …   Idioms and examples

  • like water off a duck's back — 1. adjective Without immediate or lasting effects. Scandal after scandal would break, but it would be like water off a ducks back; no heads rolled, and no one seemed particularly perturbed. 2. adverb In a manner which has no effect; immediately… …   Wiktionary

  • be like water off a duck's back — be (like) water off a duck s back if criticism is water off a duck s back to someone, it has no effect on them at all. He s always being told he s lazy and incompetent, but it s just water off a duck s back to him. (often + to) …   New idioms dictionary

  • water off a duck's back — water off a duck’s back phrase used for saying that things such as criticisms or insults do not affect someone because they have dealt with a lot of them before All those things he said to me were just water off a duck’s back. Thesaurus: showing… …   Useful english dictionary

  • water off a duck's back — If criticism or something similar is like water off a duck s back to somebody, they aren t affected by it in the slightest …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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