Did you play Drifting when you were a child? Let's find a flat stone or tile and throw it out to see who's Shui Piao flies far on the water more times; Drifting continuously like a dragonfly, very beautiful. ...

In English, "beating ducks and paddling" can be used to describe "beating ducks and paddling", which entered the English vocabulary around16th century. Unfortunately, duck and Drake, such interesting and weird expressions, can't find the exact source from the etymology. However, according to linguists' guesses, the drake's head is always bit by bit when courting, while his tail is swinging horizontally from side to side, so the whole action is a bit like children's "Shui Piao" game.

In addition, if you see a duck stone, don't make jokes. It's not a duck stone, it's a stone used to draw water.

Outside the game, the word "throwing water away" is not very popular. Chinese often refers to the behavior of "throwing money away and wasting it", and English play ducks and drakes can also be used to describe this kind of "profligate behavior". For example:

He played ducks and ducks with his own money, and he wanted to play the same stupid game with my money. After he squandered all his money, he tried to do those stupid things with my money.