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
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
Her open fright is beer and skittles to him.
From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe
She will have, unconsciously, assimilated much, been diverted from the beer and skittles of her isolated development in a great new country.
From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John
But from this it must not be supposed that "peace-time trench warfare" is all beer and skittles.
From Life in a Tank by Haigh, Richard
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