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Expression: Like water off a duck’s back
The expression, like water off a duck’s back, gives a lovely visual image.
We can imagine water rolling off a duck’s back, and the duck is not bothered by the water.
Let me give you an example of how it is used as an idiom.
Some people may try to bully you or call you names, but their insults do not affect you.
Their insults roll off you like water off a duck’s back.
When something rolls off you like water off a duck’s back, it means that you are not bothered by it.
Another example is that George works a very stressful job, but the stress rolls off him like water off a duck’s back.
In other words, George has a very stressful job, but the stress does not make him sick or bother him at all.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 80.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.