Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is a like water off a duck’s back and its meaning is “used to describe insult/criticism/remark that has no effect on someone; be unemotional, be undemonstrative, be unresponsive (to insults/criticisms/remarks)”.
Example Sentence: This was Judge Barbara Jaffe’s take on Twitter: “Indeed, to some, truth itself has been lost in the cacophony of online and Twitter verbiage to such a degree that it seems to roll off the national consciousness like water off a duck’s back.”
This phrase is present in Washington Post article New York Times shreds Trump campaign lawsuit over Russia op-ed and click here to read it.
Courtesy: Washington Post
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