Where does the expression "like water off a duck's back" stand in this discussion of the nature of reality?
If a poor credit report comes back, stand your ground; refuse to make the sale.
"Stand back, stand away...."....
A lushly rendered ibex, with an octopus clinging to its back, stands against a pale, distant line of mountains; up close, smirking large-beaked birds, curled-up infants, and human-headed cows sprout from the lines of shading.
There, in the back, stands a drafting table, opposite a scroll blessing his company, Windstar Construction.
At one point, Mr. Spann, dressed in jeans and a black fleece jacket, an M-16 assault rifle hanging down his back, stands over a prisoner, legs astride.
When the floor was opened for questions, a woman in the back stood to introduce herself.
To his back stands a large spice rack turned shelf filled with jars of glues, stains, cleaning fluids, powders, varnishes and dyes.
For example, across languages, time is conceptualized in terms of space as in "a look back" where "back" stands for the past, and social relationship is conceptualized in terms of physical distance, as in "a close friend" where closeness indicates intimacy.
