如果你被形容为 take to something like a duck to water, 意思就是在你第一次尝试做某件事情时发现自己非常上手，做得很棒。

 

例句

 

He took to golf¹ like a duck to water. He'd never played before but hit a hole in one!

 

Kate never seemed like the mothering type but when her daughter was born she took to it like a duck to water. She was a real natural!

 

请注意

 

另一个短语 a sitting duck 意思是容易成为被攻击的目标。

 

Example: The soldiers were left exposed² on the hill. They really were sitting ducks for the enemy.

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