buz üstüne yazılmış gibi

Turkish - English

Definition of buz üstüne yazılmış gibi in Turkish English dictionary

(deyim) like water off a duck's back

Without immediate or lasting effects

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.

In a manner which has no effect; immediately and without causing any difference

She combs me down with her tongue sometimes though, but that just slips off me like water off a duck's back..

(deyim) Without changing your feelings or opinion; without effect

1. Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck's back. 2. Many people showed him they didn't like what he was doing, but their disapproval passed off him like water off a duck's back.

without any effect, completely ineffectually, without any influence

Hyphenation

buz üs·tü·ne ya·zıl·mış gi·bi