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
One should put personal pettinesses on one side�life isn't beer and skittles, even to a duke.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the moment Peter did not agree with Mr. Weller that "life isn't all beer and skittles."
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
If Lois thought that traveling in the West was beer and skittles when hunted and scourged by yourself like that—well, she had better try it and see.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil
Murgu�a, by the way, had come to hate no truth more soulfully than the palpable shortcoming of life in the matter of beer and skittles.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
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