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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
well, it seems to be back already, although how long that will last is anybody's guess... as for the ducklings, we have an expression in french, when it's pouring down rain we say "nice weather for ducks" ! so i guess they don't mind the rain too much...
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Lots of
idioms for ducks. Two of the better known ones:
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Lovely weather for ducks, or Fine weather for ducks.
Cliché a greeting meaning that this unpleasant rainy weather must be good for something. Bill: Hi, Bob. How do you like this weather? Bob: Lovely weather for ducks. Sally: What a lot of rain! Tom: Yeah. Lovely weather for ducks. Don't care for it much myself.
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like water off a duck's back
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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WDE.
