Slang definitions & phrases for not all beer and skittles
not all beer and skittles
adjective phrase
(also not all skittles and beer) Not entirely pleasant or easy; not a picnic, cinch, piece of cake, etc
[1857+; fr skittles,a bowling game played in taverns and pubs; Dickens used the form all porter and skittles in 1837]
The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers. Cite This Source
