be 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 (often + to ) He's always being told he's lazy and incompetent, but it's just water off a duck's back to him.
See also: back, off, water

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Thamar-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
VikingVEE-king (Swedish), VEE-keeng (Finnish)Swedish, Finnish
Fatemah-Persian
Beelzebubbee-EL-zi-bub (English), BEEL-zi-bub (English)Biblical
Mubin-Arabic
Faridoon-Persian