Sentences with phrase «water on a ducks»

I just feel at the end of my tether longing for a little warmth, for a sense of belonging, trying to let the things that hurt me fall off like water on a ducks back.

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The Catholic Church did of course have scientific tests to prove a woman was a witch: You see, witches burn because they are made of wood, which floats in water like a duck, so if she weighs the same as a duck on the church's superaccurate scales that don't move at all, then she is a witch!

Make sure there is a water pan under the duck in the barbecue so the dripping fat does not fall on hot charcoal, gas, or briquettes and flame up.

Duck legs have so much fat on them already — braise them with at least a half - cup of water or stock to begin rendering fat.

The puddle ducks are in the patches of open water near shore, the mergansers farther out, and the gulls stand in a great white crescent on the ice in the center of the reservoir, folding and unfolding their wings.

The field where the 2015 Frederick Douglass High School Mighty Ducks football team plays has a scoreboard, but no lights, and a lined turf, but no trainers or Gatorade jugs filled with water on the sideline.

If he carries on with the formation that makes half the players look like a duck out of water, carries on with bad team selections, absurd substitutions, refusing to pay the price teams want for players when he can, putting players out of position — we will be out of league winning contention by November.

You have to look at the stats when Ozil plays, he is a bit like a duck, all calm above the surface and it looks like there isn't much happening but it's all going on under water!

At Yakima Valley EG for mallards and OVG; heavy fogs have forced duck to fly so low on way to water, gunners in right spots are having field days.

The Welshman became the world's most expensive player this summer, depending on who you believe, and has settled into Spanish football like a duck taking to water.

It's not that the Ducks are always explosive or always «on» (though to be sure, they sometimes do have games like that); it's that they successfully tread water until they find an advantage to exploit, then exploit the living hell out of it.

Most tests are run over land on pheasants, but a nominal water test is given with ducks to prove the dog will enter water upon command.

The Sun claim Chelsea and Tottenham are keen on Watford winger Richarlison, who has taken to the Premier League like a duck to water this season.

Dybala has been strongly linked with both Manchester United and Arsenal on account of his fine performances for Serie A surprise packages Palermo, who have taken to life back in the top flight like ducks to water following their Serie B title winning campaign last time out.

While his mallard looks to standing on the pond surface, «I just got several shots of the duck as it rose up to shake off water,» Ghosh revealed.

But after reviewing each photo, judges chose Arindam Ghosh of Framingham as the 2014 Grand Prize Winner for his picture of a male mallard duck, wings spread and seemingly standing on water.

After reviewing more than 2,000 entries, judges chose Arindam Ghosh of Framingham as the 2014 Grand Prize Winner for his picture of a male mallard duck, wings spread and seemingly standing on water.

Crescent Duck Farm, the last of its kind on Long Island, has a new 26,000 square foot solid waste storage facility that will prevent thousands of pounds of nitrogen from polluting ground and surface waters.

cry, a duck on the water suggesting that lame ducks may have something in common.

The farm — the last operating duck farm on Long Island and a part of local history, is also making sure water quality is protected, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Thursday at the new facility.

Additionally, the city is testing duck bill - shaped valves on drainage pipes near the ocean that prevent ocean water during high tides from flowing backward into basements and parking lots.

Nearly a decade ago, Steve Elgar of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) set up a series of floating pressure gauges, sonar devices and water velocity meters on a beach in Duck, N.C., in an attempt to determine what changes in wave action bring sand back onshore.

Because the experiment relies on water inside a glass cell, it «completely ducks the really serious issues that require creative solutions for a space mirror,» he says.

Jason Charlwood, a conservation specialist with Ducks Unlimited, points to hundreds of water birds, freshly arrived from the south, sitting on one of the spring's last pieces of floating ice.

Accept that the moment has happened, and let it gently wash over you like water off a duck's back, not leaving a dirty residue on your soul.

On the surface, you see this calm animal, just floating along, but when you look under the water you see the duck legs busily working away and so that's how a lot of people will describe their mind.

An alfalfa farmer on the Duck Valley Reservation in Nevada laser levels a field to more evenly and efficiently distribute water.

As for my fear that I would not be able to make the switch from composing on the computer to composing while dictating, I took to it like a duck to water.

I see on another site «can you seal your pond with clumping cat litter» the clumping litter was used by a person to line a backyard duck pond to stop water loss.

Likewise, in Gun Dog Magazine, there are found many breeds of versatile gun dogs that can serve well as duck and goose getters on land and in water.

While this is true, don't lose sight of the fact that the Golden Retriever was originally bred for standing by his master for hours on end, jumping into icy waters to retrieve ducks and doing this on and on all day long.

The minimum working certificate requirements shall be designed to establish that the dog is not gun - shy: accordingly, the dog will be expected to retrieve a shot game bird at a distance of 50 yards or greater on land; further, the dog will be expected to retrieve two ducks from swimming water 1 in immediate succession to establish the dog's willingness to reenter water.

Tour the rainforest and tropical fruit orchard on an amphibious Army Duck, which travels over land and water.

Theory — Introduction to different freediving disciplines and freediving equipment — Freediving skills: duckdiving, finning technique, the ascent and descent, equalizing — 2 section breathing Water Session One (Diving on a vertical line)-- Warming up and preparation — Equalizing — Duck diving, finning practice, streamlining — Dives to 12m Water Session Two (Fun dive / boat dive)-- Practice skills whilst diving on a reef at 5 — 12m Day Two

This Grand Commercial / Residential Property sits on the corner of the well - known and historic Albert Street - downtown Belize City's Main Street - and Regent Street (as well as Water Lane and Duck Lane.

There is nice coral and on the reef we often see stingray, moray eels, all kinds of small coral fish, catfish, goatfish, razor fish, stone fish... Around 4 meter there are statues in the water like an elefant, duck, tiger with beautiful corals on it.

Take in the highlights of downtown Honolulu and the Honolulu Harbor on this land and water tour by amphibious «duck» vehicle.

This Cairns horse riding and ATV Quad bike Adventure Centre is centrally located half way between Cairns and Palm Cove in the northern beaches on a working cane farm at Yorkey's Knob that also features and 18 acres billabong that is host to a whole array of Australia's wild animals so make sure you bring your camera along to capture images of the migrating geese, peacocks, ducks and even salt water crocodiles.

There is an amphibious World War II Army Duck that provides guided rainforest tours on both land and water.

Having sold around six million copies on PC, Minecraft made the transition to the Xbox Live Arcade like an incredibly profitable duck to water.

A few summers back my young golden retriever, Soleil, had taken to futilely swimming out after the ducks and geese in the waters around our secluded cottage rental, on Georgian Bay.

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Two crew members and thirty - five passengers were on board the Duck Boat, and the impact of the crash hurled the people overboard and into the water.

It's a long float, often made of rushes tied together that «lies» on the water, from which a baited line is dropped to the right depth for the season and the ducking of which signals a bite.

On or off the water, in the protest room or umpiring in a rubber duck, attending a seminar or reading a news item.

Your venomous attacks on my person slide off of me like water from a duck's back.

Taking to data like a duck takes to water, he capitalizes on what many small brokerages do to remain competitive in the information age ---- using the most reliable, accurate and cost - efficient resources to propel his business in the direction he wants it to go, while positioning his brokerage, World Renowned Real Estate, against larger, and more leveraged, national franchises.