beer and skittles
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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But after a thorough assessment of its technical requirements it was deemed too difficult to pull off in the beer and skittles world of the Fringe.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2014
"Arfter wot you've been and went through, a-sittin' there and whistlin' as merry as can be—like as if life was all beer and skittles, and you hadn't a care in the world."
From Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Hanshew, Thomas W.
You don't want everything to be high culture; you want beer and skittles and trashy delights as well as brilliant news reporting, avant-garde theater, and shocking sculpture.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
"My dear girl, don't you realize that this thing isn't all beer and skittles?"
From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway
In spite of the amusing comments of "The Fancies," the life of the Military Police was not all beer and skittles.
From A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 by Marden, Thomas Owen, Sir
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