English Dictionary

ducks and drakes

名詞

不可算名詞

A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.

日本語の意味

水面に平らな石を投げ、跳ね返りの回数を競う遊び

On summer afternoons the boys practiced ducks and drakes along the riverbank.

夏の午後、少年たちは川岸で水切りを練習した。

意味（1）

A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.

A kind of sport or play with an oister shell or stone throwne into the water, and making circles yer it sinke, etc. It is called a ducke and a drake, and a halfe-penie cake.

意味（2）

The squandering of resources, especially money; used in expressions such as "to make ducks and drakes of", "to play (at) ducks and drakes with".

This royal Caesar doth regard no cash; Has thrown away as much in ducks and drakes As would have bought some 50,000 capons.