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Snappy Posted 17 years ago
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I weigh as much as a duck
Is "I weigh as much as a duck" an idiom? If yes, what does it mean?
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Hi, Is "I weigh as much as a duck" an idiom? If yes, what does it mean? No.
- Hi, Is "I weigh as much as a duck" an idiom?
- If yes, what does it mean?
- No.
- It sounds like a slightly humorous way of saying that I don't weigh much.
- Clive
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Hi,
Is "I weigh as much as a duck" an idiom? If yes, what does it mean?
No.
It sounds like a slightly humorous way of saying that I don't weigh much.
Clive
Is "I weigh as much as a duck" an idiom? If yes, what does it mean?
No.
It sounds like a slightly humorous way of saying that I don't weigh much.
Clive
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I've never heard it, idiomatically or literally.
We sometimes hear that a person "doesn't eat enough to keep a bird alive", meaning that they don't eat very much. [And, it is my understanding that the reference isn't very accurate, because birds eat more, in proportion to their body weight, than do humans.]
We sometimes hear that a person "doesn't eat enough to keep a bird alive", meaning that they don't eat very much. [And, it is my understanding that the reference isn't very accurate, because birds eat more, in proportion to their body weight, than do humans.]
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Could mean that they're a witch - areference to the Monty Python's The Holy Grail movie where a woman is on a ducking stool accused of being a witch. They weigh her against a duck and she matches, therefore is a witch...
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