What does like water off a duck's back mean?

like water off a duck's back

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

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""She combs me down with her tongue sometimes though, but that just slips off me like water off a duck's back.""
"Scandal after scandal would break, but it would be like water off a duck's back; no heads rolled, and no one seemed particularly perturbed."

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