duck

break your duck

1 score the first run of your innings. cricket

2 make your first score or achieve a particular feat for the first time. British

duck and dive use your ingenuity to deal with or evade a situation.

2012New Statesman Undoubtedly there are issues with some wealthy people ducking and diving, but on the face of it these figures show a progressive tax system at work.

fine weather for ducks: seeweather.

duck soup an easy task, or someone easy to overcome. North American informal

☞ The precise origins of the metaphor remain obscure. It was popularized as the title of a Marx Brothers' film (1933).

get (or have) your ducks in a row get (or have) your facts straight; get (or have) everything organized. North American informal

☞ The underlying image may be of a mother duck getting all her ducklings to follow behind in a line.

1996Brew Your Own You really want to have all your ducks in a row before the meeting.

like a dying duck in a thunderstorm having a dejected or hopeless expression. informal

☞ The miserable demeanour of ducks during thunder has been proverbial since the late 18th century.

1933Agatha ChristieLord Edgware Dies You did look for all the world like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.

lame duck a person or thing that is powerless or in need of help. informal

☞ In the mid 18th century, lame duck was used in a stock-market context, with reference to a person or company that could not fulfil their financial obligations. Later, from the mid 19th century, it was used specifically with reference to US politicians in the final period of office, after the election of their successor.

2014Daily Telegraph Chataway spent much time brokering the survival of lame ducks: the collapsed Upper Clyde Shipyards under new ownership, Cammell Laird, Rootes Motors …, BSA and International Computers.

take to something like a duck to water take to something very readily.

1960C. Day LewisBuried Day I had taken to vice like a duck to water, but it ran off me like water from a duck's back.

like water off a duck's back a remark or incident which has no apparent effect on a person.

play ducks and drakes with trifle with; treat frivolously.

☞ This expression comes from the game of ducks and drakes, played by throwing a flat stone across the surface of water in such a way as to make it skim and skip before it finally sinks. The game was known by this name by the late 16th century, and it was already a metaphor for an idle or frivolous activity in the early 17th century.

sitting duck: seesitting.

词组	duck
释义	duck break your duck 1 score the first run of your innings. cricket 2 make your first score or achieve a particular feat for the first time. British duck and dive use your ingenuity to deal with or evade a situation. 2012New Statesman Undoubtedly there are issues with some wealthy people ducking and diving, but on the face of it these figures show a progressive tax system at work. fine weather for ducks: seeweather. duck soup an easy task, or someone easy to overcome. North American informal ☞ The precise origins of the metaphor remain obscure. It was popularized as the title of a Marx Brothers' film (1933). get (or have) your ducks in a row get (or have) your facts straight; get (or have) everything organized. North American informal ☞ The underlying image may be of a mother duck getting all her ducklings to follow behind in a line. 1996Brew Your Own You really want to have all your ducks in a row before the meeting. like a dying duck in a thunderstorm having a dejected or hopeless expression. informal ☞ The miserable demeanour of ducks during thunder has been proverbial since the late 18th century. 1933Agatha ChristieLord Edgware Dies You did look for all the world like a dying duck in a thunderstorm. lame duck a person or thing that is powerless or in need of help. informal ☞ In the mid 18th century, lame duck was used in a stock-market context, with reference to a person or company that could not fulfil their financial obligations. Later, from the mid 19th century, it was used specifically with reference to US politicians in the final period of office, after the election of their successor. 2014Daily Telegraph Chataway spent much time brokering the survival of lame ducks: the collapsed Upper Clyde Shipyards under new ownership, Cammell Laird, Rootes Motors …, BSA and International Computers. take to something like a duck to water take to something very readily. 1960C. Day LewisBuried Day I had taken to vice like a duck to water, but it ran off me like water from a duck's back. like water off a duck's back a remark or incident which has no apparent effect on a person. play ducks and drakes with trifle with; treat frivolously. ☞ This expression comes from the game of ducks and drakes, played by throwing a flat stone across the surface of water in such a way as to make it skim and skip before it finally sinks. The game was known by this name by the late 16th century, and it was already a metaphor for an idle or frivolous activity in the early 17th century. sitting duck: seesitting.
随便看	three sheets in the wind three sheets to the wind three sheets to the wind thrill thrills and spills thrills and spills throat throne through thick and thin throw throw a curve throw a lifeline to throw a lifeline to (or throw someone a lifeline) throw away the key throw a wobbly throw caution to the wind throw caution to the wind (or winds) throw caution to the wind(s) throw caution to the wind(s) throw caution to the wind(s throw caution to the winds throw cold water on throw down (or take up) the gauntlet throw down the gauntlet throw dust in someone's eyes