What do you mean like a duck to water?

Like a fish in water means: like a fish in water. Metaphor has something to rely on. It is also a metaphor to get a person who is congenial to you or an environment that suits you very well.

From Chen Shou's biography of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu and Zhuge Liang in the Western Jin Dynasty: "There is a hole in the lonely, and there is water in the fish."

I got Kong Ming, just like a fish got water.

Teacher Wang is knowledgeable, so he is like a duck to water in teaching.

Grammatical verb-object form; As predicate, object and complement; Include praise

Synonyms are like-minded, such as adding wings to a tiger, loving each other and enjoying the water.

The antonym is turtle in a jar, unable to move, swimming at the bottom of the pot.

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Synonym 1, like a duck to water

to be a tiger with wings added

It means that it looks like a tiger has wings. Metaphor means that powerful people get help and become more powerful.

Source: Shu Zhuge Liang's Heart Sutra and Military Machine: "You will be able to hold the strength of the soldiers and exercise the potential of the soldiers. Under the group, your arms are like tiger wings and you will soar in the world."

When the general mastered the military power, he seized the key to commanding the army. Like a tiger with wings, he is not only majestic, but also able to travel around the world.

With Xiaohua's help, we finished the task first.

Grammatical verb-object form; As predicate, object and clause; Include praise

2. The antonym of being like a duck to water

Nothing can be done.

Even one step is hard to explain. Describe walking difficulties. It is also a metaphor for being in a difficult situation.

Source: Feng Ming magnum "Awakening the World" Volume III: Mei Niang is barefoot and motionless. ?

Mei Jiaoniang is barefoot, and it is difficult to take a step.

You can hardly ride a bike or walk here.

Grammatical subject-predicate form; As a predicate; Metaphor is difficult.