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A game of throwing flat stones so that they skim along the surface of water.
‘I would be more concerned about how much longer they will have water to play ducks and drakes on.’
Phrases
play ducks and drakes with
Trifle with; treat frivolously.
‘who is this man, to play ducks and drakes with a scientific expedition?’
‘But it unmistakably signifies that the icons of soccer fans nationwide are wallowing in such prodigious wealth that they can play ducks and drakes with money.’
‘However, we still see no cause whatsoever for celebration because the figures clearly show that there's a hard-core minority who feel they have the right to play ducks and drakes with other people's lives.’
‘If you find Junior playing ducks and drakes, keep your cool.’
‘Instead, a writer of fiction is usually the happier for his ignorance, and better for having played ducks and drakes with his cultural opportunities.’
‘He has played ducks and drakes with that process.’
‘He blamed him for playing ducks and drakes with the tribunal.’
‘The oil companies are playing ducks and drakes with the Department and the Minister.’
treat in a cavalier fashion, treat lightly, treat frivolously, treat casually, play ducks and drakes with