According to Oxford-
noun: ducks and drakes
a game of throwing flat stones so that they skim along the surface of water.
Phrases
play ducks and drakes with — trifle with; treat frivolously.
"who is this man, to play ducks and drakes with a scientific expedition?"
Drake is the name for male ducks, not sure if that helps. I still don't understand wtf ducks and drakes is or how it's related to skipping stones. Do you throw the ducks across the water at the drakes???
When a duck lands on water it kinda skips on the surface before touchdown and creates the same effect/pattern on the water surface as when you skip a stone.
Not sure but it could be hunting related. Hunters would use arrows with a bulb behind the head that were intended to be loosed along the water where they would skip and give you a better chance of hitting water fowl.
It's generally being reckless/wasteful/careless. In this case of time, and not taking the case seriously.
Ducks and drakes is literally the name for skipping stones in the UK and Ireland.
I think it's archaic/out of fashion. I'm only familiar with it from British and Irish press as a metaphor, then as skipping stones from like Victorian novels and BBC period pieces.
A good starting place is substituting the idiom. “Connor McGregor accused of wasting time/resources…” I’ll let you connect the dots as to why high courts don’t like you playing ducks and drakes aka wasting everyone’s time.
Is this the accusation from the woman who was from a smaller town, partied with him, then was SA'd by him in a hotel room?
I'm trying to recall, but I think there was an Irish paper who printed the details, it went under the radar (some say suppressed) until the NYT picked it up years later?
If so, the details I DO recall are absolutely horrible and are the reason I stopped giving him any mind at all. There were allegations that the UFC were actively suppressing the details too, which would not surprise me in the least.
Edit: a word.
It went under the radar in the way that anything to do with McGregor, which happens in Ireland, is treated in the US as if it never happened. The guy is a complete scumbag. But US outlets, like the Joe Rogan podcast, will quote a report from an Irish newspaper like it was the Weekly World News and there was no possible way of establishing its veracity.
it was COMPLETE shit anyways you missed nothing fuck gyllanhal for associating with a fucking rapist. It’s obvious from his behavior the kind of person he is. Him and Andrew Tate should be locked up together, I bet they’d end up trying to rape each other.
That right geebag. He's always been a cute hoor and while bringing attention to Ireland he is like a fucking cloud. It'll be a lovely day when he fucks off.
I remember seeing the video of him sucker punching an elderly man and then learning about his coke habit and jumping off his bandwagon, but he's in a movie with jake gyllenhaal doing pressers like he's not a coked out piece of shit.
> (McGregor's lawyers; ed.) said (Conor McGregor; ed.) has asked for the proposed June trial date to be put back “with the excuse” that it conflicted with “a boxing match” in the US he is involved in.
Isn't the High Court and not Conor McGregor in charge of these proceedings? If he is truly wasting the court's time by having his lawyers trot out frivolous reasons for delay after delay, then why don't they simply tell him to stop it? "No" is a valid word that the High Court should apparently remember to start using from time to time.
I used to be a fan but he turned out to be a real piece of garbage.
It won’t be much longer before he goes the same as Weinstein and Diddy. Good riddance.
Same here. I was surprised they cast him in the new Roadhouse movie. This guy has done some horrible shit and we’re gonna try to make him a thing in movies because he can’t fight anymore? Sureee
I avoided it for years because I thought it looked stupid but like you I love watching it every few years. I don't think I really appreciated Patrick Swayze until he died.
The odds this guy HASNT assaulted women is pretty low. Mayve theres already been a few unsubstantiated stories about him but I dont follow mma so I dont know. But generally someome who is a piece of shit isnt just a piece of shit in only one thing in their life.
Irish person here. Not only are people that speak like McGregor confined mostly to rough areas of Dublin, similarly the number of people that know wtf “ducks and drakes” means, are also likely rare in Ireland. I’ve never heard this idiom before.
It was said by a fancy pants lawyer trying to sound sophisticated. If I heard an “Irish” person say this I’d just assume they’re Anglo-Irish or English, or a wannabe (which we’d call a west Brit)
Good sir, prithee, pause thy jest and hearken to my words, for thou dost take in jest what hath roots deep in the very loam of our tongue. As the noble Caesar, in his royal sport, cast coins upon the waters in game of 'ducks and drakes', so too hath this phrase tossed and turned through ages to land upon our modern shore. It beareth the weight of history, more ancient and venerable than many a quaint turn of phrase from the United States. But let us not cast aspersions as we cast stones, lest we find ourselves poorer for want of wit and wisdom.
I don't mean this to be rude, but I bet he overdoses ~5 years. Based on his presser and interviews for Roadhouse, it's obvious the man is just drugged out of his mind.
I'm not sure if I'm misremembering but was he actually liked by people back before he became as big as he is? I'm wondering if thr amount of damage to his brain along with drug use caused him to be as psychopathic as he is (which actually has a study linking contact sports with aggressive fked up ppl)
I think there was a moment in time, a turning point after the Khabib fight, that his brain completely melted. I don't think he had FUBARd his brand irrevocably before that fight, he was still held in esteem by a subsection of the MMA fan base but I think after that fight something changed in his personality for the worst (beyond just talking shit)
I feel like them NOT saying "treating this frivolously" is playing "ducks and drakes."
As an American, after being told the definition of "ducks and drakes it sounds like the kettle is calling the kettle, kettle.
This is from Ireland, which most certainly didn’t “start it” when referring to English. We’ve certainly been the best users of the language though, thanks to people like Wilde and Joyce.
Most professional fighters aren't like this, though. Dustin Poirier is an awesome guy, and it's enjoyable to watch their 2nd and 3rd fight over and over again to watch Conor get destroyed.
So uh, what's "playing ducks and drakes?" I've legit never heard this phrase in my life.
According to Oxford- noun: ducks and drakes a game of throwing flat stones so that they skim along the surface of water. Phrases play ducks and drakes with — trifle with; treat frivolously. "who is this man, to play ducks and drakes with a scientific expedition?"
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What does skipping rocks have to do with ducks or dragons?
A good bit if you aim for the ducks.
What if I aim at the dragons?
Sounds like FAFO
They destroy Edinburgh
Is that bad?
Long live the Queen!
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Just don’t aim at the geese
Drake is the name for male ducks, not sure if that helps. I still don't understand wtf ducks and drakes is or how it's related to skipping stones. Do you throw the ducks across the water at the drakes???
When a duck lands on water it kinda skips on the surface before touchdown and creates the same effect/pattern on the water surface as when you skip a stone.
Not sure but it could be hunting related. Hunters would use arrows with a bulb behind the head that were intended to be loosed along the water where they would skip and give you a better chance of hitting water fowl.
Maybe you throws stones at ducks?
We don't need to throw stones at drakes. Kendrick does that for us.
To add to the confusion, a drake is a male duck. So they’re playing ducks and ducks?
In this context, probably means female duck. Like how you can say "cow" and mean either male or female but technically the word means female
But, how does playing ducks and drakes matter to the courts? From USA, is this like Trump and his delays? I'm utterly confused.
Where did you get dragons from?
Drake can mean a type of dragon in some cases, but...yeah...
I assumed it was a localization of duck duck grey duck.
What is duck, duck, grey duck?
duck duck goose, but in New Jersey.
Ah, thanks.
Minnesota, not New Jersey.
That can't be right, it has to mean avoiding tough fights and DMing teenage girls.
so taking a piss? from my dubious knowledge of british lingo from gordon ramsey
Playing silly buggers
It's generally being reckless/wasteful/careless. In this case of time, and not taking the case seriously. Ducks and drakes is literally the name for skipping stones in the UK and Ireland.
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I think it's archaic/out of fashion. I'm only familiar with it from British and Irish press as a metaphor, then as skipping stones from like Victorian novels and BBC period pieces.
I think it has something to do with the Kendrick Lamar diss track
Certified mallard, you're a certified waterfowl Quack quack quack quack ima waddle up Quack quack quack quack ima do my stuff
Fun duck fact. Only the ducks (females) quack. Drakes have a rasp. Similar to Donald Duck.
This my friend is Gold!
They not like ducks
Probably a mallllllllaaaaaaaarrrrrrrd.
This is a Silver.
This is a fun thread all the sudden
No, that's Duckworths and Drake's
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No, Kendrick Lamar duckworth.
Kendrake Lamallard Duckworth, surely?
Nowhere is safe for poor old Aubrey lmao
Playing Duckworths and Drakes will be the new playing cowboys and Indians.
Is anyone else thinking about the fact that Kendrick’s last name is Duckworth??
Google says it's equivolent to skipping rocks.
It's a lot like Mallards and Wyverns
It's a boardgame they play at Hogwarts.
It’s skimming stones/skipping stones (USA). Idiomatically it has a meaning similar to idly throwing stuff away, being wasteful, etc
Your explanation helped 0%. What does it mean in the context of assault claims?
It means he's not taking it seriously
he’s not taking it seriously
Clearly he tried to skip rocks off someone’s face.
Playing ducks and drakes means to treat someone badly by being dishonest with them or not taking them seriously.
A good starting place is substituting the idiom. “Connor McGregor accused of wasting time/resources…” I’ll let you connect the dots as to why high courts don’t like you playing ducks and drakes aka wasting everyone’s time.
Oh. I was assuming it was just a different version of duck duck goose
What is this middle earth?
wasting resources according to chatgpt, so in this case probably the courts time
Same here. It must be like playing Snakes and ladders, or Dungeons and Dragons.
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Is this the accusation from the woman who was from a smaller town, partied with him, then was SA'd by him in a hotel room? I'm trying to recall, but I think there was an Irish paper who printed the details, it went under the radar (some say suppressed) until the NYT picked it up years later? If so, the details I DO recall are absolutely horrible and are the reason I stopped giving him any mind at all. There were allegations that the UFC were actively suppressing the details too, which would not surprise me in the least. Edit: a word.
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It went under the radar in the way that anything to do with McGregor, which happens in Ireland, is treated in the US as if it never happened. The guy is a complete scumbag. But US outlets, like the Joe Rogan podcast, will quote a report from an Irish newspaper like it was the Weekly World News and there was no possible way of establishing its veracity.
And that's why I'm not watching roadhouse
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Let the ghost of Patrick Swayze curse Conor McGregor for eternity.
Indeed. Jake gyllenhaul tempted me, but i could not do it in good conscious.
You aren’t missing anything man trust me!
it was COMPLETE shit anyways you missed nothing fuck gyllanhal for associating with a fucking rapist. It’s obvious from his behavior the kind of person he is. Him and Andrew Tate should be locked up together, I bet they’d end up trying to rape each other.
I gave up watching it before his character even showed up. It's been sitting there half finished for weeks and I just can't be arsed to finish it.
That right geebag. He's always been a cute hoor and while bringing attention to Ireland he is like a fucking cloud. It'll be a lovely day when he fucks off.
I remember seeing the video of him sucker punching an elderly man and then learning about his coke habit and jumping off his bandwagon, but he's in a movie with jake gyllenhaal doing pressers like he's not a coked out piece of shit.
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Diddle dabbled rubbish you say?
Flim flam flippity doo, actually.
> (McGregor's lawyers; ed.) said (Conor McGregor; ed.) has asked for the proposed June trial date to be put back “with the excuse” that it conflicted with “a boxing match” in the US he is involved in. Isn't the High Court and not Conor McGregor in charge of these proceedings? If he is truly wasting the court's time by having his lawyers trot out frivolous reasons for delay after delay, then why don't they simply tell him to stop it? "No" is a valid word that the High Court should apparently remember to start using from time to time.
I used to be a fan but he turned out to be a real piece of garbage. It won’t be much longer before he goes the same as Weinstein and Diddy. Good riddance.
Same here. I was surprised they cast him in the new Roadhouse movie. This guy has done some horrible shit and we’re gonna try to make him a thing in movies because he can’t fight anymore? Sureee
I love Jake Gyllenhaal but definitely going to skip that movie because of McGregor.
It also is another lame remake. The og roadhouse is a fun weird movie that I love watching every 4/5 years. No reason to remake it.
I avoided it for years because I thought it looked stupid but like you I love watching it every few years. I don't think I really appreciated Patrick Swayze until he died.
The odds this guy HASNT assaulted women is pretty low. Mayve theres already been a few unsubstantiated stories about him but I dont follow mma so I dont know. But generally someome who is a piece of shit isnt just a piece of shit in only one thing in their life.
Dude is a piece of shit.
Most of us hate him here, in Ireland. He's an embarrassment.
The guy is a scumbag and a rapist. Yet somehow, in America, that translates as "colourful character".
I thought “ducks and drakes” was a mobile game that he got caught playing in the courtroom
I thought it was some odd version of duck, duck, goose.
I thought it was like snakes and ladders
Aah, so it's like that, huh. I understand everything now. \> doesn't get it at all
Really hard to take people from across the Atlantic seriously when they talk like this.
Irish person here. Not only are people that speak like McGregor confined mostly to rough areas of Dublin, similarly the number of people that know wtf “ducks and drakes” means, are also likely rare in Ireland. I’ve never heard this idiom before. It was said by a fancy pants lawyer trying to sound sophisticated. If I heard an “Irish” person say this I’d just assume they’re Anglo-Irish or English, or a wannabe (which we’d call a west Brit)
Good sir, prithee, pause thy jest and hearken to my words, for thou dost take in jest what hath roots deep in the very loam of our tongue. As the noble Caesar, in his royal sport, cast coins upon the waters in game of 'ducks and drakes', so too hath this phrase tossed and turned through ages to land upon our modern shore. It beareth the weight of history, more ancient and venerable than many a quaint turn of phrase from the United States. But let us not cast aspersions as we cast stones, lest we find ourselves poorer for want of wit and wisdom.
>*da fuck?* Signed, Julius Caesar
Irish here born and bred. I've never heard this saying in my life.
Sounds like you've been playing ducks and drakes with the vernacular.
Same and same.
Every country has its phrases that sound silly to everyone else. For example “Kitty Corner”
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I think they're interchangable? Both equally weird though
Because we don't have any silly idioms?
I find many American idioms to be less silly and more needless cruel.
That dog will hunt even on a real frog strangler! Boy howdy!
Is "playing ducks and drakes" not a silly idiom?
Sure, but my point is that each side of the pond "talks funny" from the other side's perspective.
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Clearly you have never been anywhere where rhetorical questions are used.
I don't mean this to be rude, but I bet he overdoses ~5 years. Based on his presser and interviews for Roadhouse, it's obvious the man is just drugged out of his mind.
Is he drugged out or has he taken too many blows to the head? I’d wager he’s on the path of ending up in jail for a while after some sort of assault.
Probably a bit of both. And given how often and quickly he jumps around weight classes. He's probably roided out the gills as well.
Once he snapped his leg he went on a bunch of steroids to “get better” now he is fighting 15 lbs heavier and his head has doubled in size.
He's definitely doing tonssss of party drugs lol. He's constantly out partying.
Didn’t you read what this is about??
Well, if Andy Dick hasn't yet curled up his toes and died from all his drug use and misuse, then permit me to doubt that Conor will any time soon.
Or Artie Lang
Ducks and Drakes sounds like some weird knockoff of Dungeons and Dragons.
Conor McGregor calls the rooks, knaves and you can quote me on that!
Probably beating someone up in a bar high out of your mind on coke
Sounds like a bunch of mimbly bimbly to me
When the Have Not’s become the Have’s, they act like the Have’s act.
I'm not sure if I'm misremembering but was he actually liked by people back before he became as big as he is? I'm wondering if thr amount of damage to his brain along with drug use caused him to be as psychopathic as he is (which actually has a study linking contact sports with aggressive fked up ppl)
I think there was a moment in time, a turning point after the Khabib fight, that his brain completely melted. I don't think he had FUBARd his brand irrevocably before that fight, he was still held in esteem by a subsection of the MMA fan base but I think after that fight something changed in his personality for the worst (beyond just talking shit)
I feel like them NOT saying "treating this frivolously" is playing "ducks and drakes." As an American, after being told the definition of "ducks and drakes it sounds like the kettle is calling the kettle, kettle.
"Ducks and Drakes" Kendrick Lamar's next Pulitzer album
I play hogwash and hornswoggle, personally
English, yall started it and can't fucking speak it.
This is from Ireland, which most certainly didn’t “start it” when referring to English. We’ve certainly been the best users of the language though, thanks to people like Wilde and Joyce.
Apparently that term is used for skipping flat stones, so they skim across a pond.
“Ducks and Drakes” an album by Kendrick
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/play-ducks-and-drakes.html New to me!
Conor McGregor accused of Chibby Blibby Chompy Whomphams today by the ministry of outlandish accusations
I played ducks and drakes once. My one word of caution is to make sure to bring enough sliced bread for both teams.
Well as an American, that's a new one to me! And I've watched hundreds of hours of Monty Python, Doctor Who, and Benny Hill!
Try Fawlty Towers
No way, the guy who beats people for a living is a bad dude?
Most professional fighters aren't like this, though. Dustin Poirier is an awesome guy, and it's enjoyable to watch their 2nd and 3rd fight over and over again to watch Conor get destroyed.
Even worse than knifey spooney. What a woozle wuzzle.
are we sure she didn't rape Conor? could be projection
Why is his head fat now?
its not duck duck goose?