duck

duck idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with duck, also see dead duck; get one's ducks in a row; lame duck; like water off a duck's back; sitting duck; take to (like a duck to water); ugly duckling.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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