RichThesaurus
like a knife through butter
vs
take to something like a duck to water
like a knife through butter
prep
With great ease and effectiveness.
take to something like a duck to water
verb
To adapt to something naturally and effortlessly.
How often have the words
like a knife through butter
and
take to something like a duck to water
occurred in a corpus of books?
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Google Ngram Viewer
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