To break one's duck means the person has done something for the first time. The phrase comes not from duck as an animal, but from a duck in cricket, which is a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.24 May 2011
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Originally posted by walshy
To break one's duck means the person has done something for the first time. The phrase comes not from duck as an animal, but from a duck in cricket, which is a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.24 May 2011
etymology - "Broken my duck"? Is this a common idiom/phrase ...
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so u used it wrong then awehuhs