that´s what I used to say as a kid.

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ducks and drakes noun
skipping stones across water: a game in which flat stones are skipped across water by throwing them almost parallel to its surface (takes a singular verb)


[So called because of the game\'s similarity to a waterfowl\'s movements]

play ducks and drakes with to use something recklessly and wastefully



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GALINHA-GORDA. É uma brincadeira de meninos durante o banho de mar, de açude, de rio. Um dos meninos pega uma pedra, diz: "Galinha gorda! Gorda é ela! Vamos comê-la? Vamos a ela!" Em seguida atira a pedra dentro d'água e todos vão procurá-la.

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HTH.

É o nome de um jogo e também uma expressão de generalidade: pasts e patas, isto é, todo o mundo, qualquer um.

DUCK AND DRAKES

Development News ... of the decisions checking corruption and efficiency of employees are a part of the scheme as it is alleged that the corrupt officials have made duck and drakes ...
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Pembrey Test
... After that it was duck's and drakes where we went out in our own cars swapping positions behind the instructor's saloon to get used to our own car's on the ...
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tribuneindia...Mailbag
... civilian authorities. Consequently, men like Krishna Menon started
playing duck and drakes with the Generals’ careers. The Menon ...
www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan14/mailbag.htm

play ducks and drakes with - waste, squander.

Não somos valorizados em diversas situações/ ocasiões como, por exemplo, quando somos usados / abusam de nós.

O texto acima pode ser mudado, mas o sentido é este, com certeza: de ser usado, abusado e desperdiçado.

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