beer and skittles

beer and skittles
[...”skidlz] n. something very easy to do; an easy time of it.
Did you think life was all beer and skittles?
All you want is beer and skittles. Don’t you know you have to work hard for what you want?

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  • beer and skittles — (UK) People say that life is not all beer and skittles, meaning that it is not about self indulgence and pleasure …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • beer and skittles — ► beer and skittles Brit. amusement or enjoyment. Main Entry: ↑beer …   English terms dictionary

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  • beer and skittles — (UK)    People say that life is not all beer and skittles, meaning that it is not about self indulgence and pleasure.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • beer and skittles — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1857 a situation of agreeable ease < won t be all beer and skittles > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • beer and skittles — Brit. amusement or enjoyment. → beer …   English new terms dictionary

  • beer and skittles — noun a) Fun times. b) Something pleasurable. Syn: peaches and cream, bowl of cherries …   Wiktionary

  • life isn’t all beer and skittles — Life is not unalloyed pleasure or relaxation. 1855 T. C. HALIBURTON Nature & Human Nature I. ii. ‘This life ain’t all beer and skittles.’ Many a time..when I am disappointed sadly I say that saw over. 1857 T. HUGHES Tom Brown’s Schooldays I. ii.… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • not be all beer and skittles — (not) be all beer and skittles British & Australian, old fashioned if a situation or activity is not all beer and skittles, it has unpleasant parts as well as pleasant ones. It s not all beer and skittles, this job. It s hard work …   New idioms dictionary

  • be all beer and skittles — (not) be all beer and skittles British & Australian, old fashioned if a situation or activity is not all beer and skittles, it has unpleasant parts as well as pleasant ones. It s not all beer and skittles, this job. It s hard work …   New idioms dictionary

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