Tag: like water off a duck’s back
Passed over
WotD: Passed over We’ve all experienced the pain of being passed over. Perhaps as a child, you were the last to be chosen in a pick-up game of baseball. It hurt. Being passed over is a term that means being overlooked, ignored, or excluded. It’s a feeling that can be quite distressing, especially when you…
Like sardines
Idiom: Like sardines (in a can) Have you ever heard anyone say that they enjoy being packed like sardines on a commuter train in the morning? Me neither. It’s one of the things that convinced my wife and me to purchase a home in the countryside. We had both travelled together and lived in big…
Take to heart
Idiom: Take to heart When you take something to heart, you take it very seriously, or you take it very personally. The idiom can be positive or negative depending on the situation involved. I do my best to be positive, so let’s first examine the idiom’s positive aspects. Good advice is something that we should all take…
Poke fun at (someone/something)
English Expression: Poke fun at In the West, we poke fun at things all the time. We like to laugh at ourselves and others. We enjoy making things seem ridiculous and stupid. Poking fun at people or teasing and making fun of them is most often done for fun with no harm intended. Politicians are…
Lame duck
WotD: Lame duck The G7 Summit was just held in Mie, Japan, and President Obama made his historic visit to Hiroshima. Since the idiom I chose for today is like water off a duck’s back, I decided to stick with the duck theme and introduce the noun lame duck for my word of the day.…
Like water off a duck’s back
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…
