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Like a duck on a June bug
Meaning
- This describes someone jumping on an opportunity or a task with sudden, intense focus. It implies quick, decisive action.
Energetic, hungry
Used in a sentence
- When the sale started, she was on those discounted items like a duck on a June bug.
- He jumped on that job opening like a duck on a June bug.
- The dog saw the piece of cheese fall and was on it like a duck on a June bug.
The backstory
This is a classic Southernism. Ducks are notoriously fond of eating beetles, and a June bug is a very common, slow-flying beetle found in Southern summers.
Heard in
The South
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