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
But it isn't all beer and skittles, and I let 'em know it, too.
From The Regent by Bennett, Arnold
My grandfather was a farmer; my uncle was a farmer; my cousin who married the heiress was a gentleman farmer; my cousin who fell in love with beer and skittles was a farm labourer.
From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.
"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
The second consisted of young men, who, owning nothing, had the same to lose; who had only heard of fighting, and consequently imagined that war was all beer and skittles.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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