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Ignatius J
Citizen
Username: Ignatius_j
Post Number: 162
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 11:26 pm: |     |
What the heck does that mean? |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 346
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 8:36 am: | |
This British phrase means "all will be well" or "simple as that":
"You go and ask for the job -- and he remembers your name -- and
Bob's your uncle." It dates from circa 1890.
P. Brendon, in Eminent Edwardians, 1979, suggests an origin:
"When, in 1887, Balfour was unexpectedly promoted to the vital front
line post of Chief Secretary for Ireland by his uncle Robert, Lord
Salisbury (a stroke of nepotism that inspired the catch-phrase
'Bob's your uncle'), ..."
Or it may have been prompted by the cant phrase "All is bob" =
"all is safe."
(Info from Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases, 2nd
edition, revised by Paul Beale, Routledge, 1985, ISBN
0-415-05916-X.)
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musicme
Citizen
Username: Musicme
Post Number: 444
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 9:14 am: | |
"On yer bike, mate" |
Phil
Citizen
Username: Barleyrooty
Post Number: 743
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 11:03 am: | |
My great grandad used to say:
"Well I could 'av trod on a robin"
- as a description of being amazed by something.
"Hair of the dog (that bit you)"
"Son of a gun"
"Mind your Ps and Qs"
"Holy Moly"
"Life of Riley"
"at sixes and sevens"
"White Elephant"
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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2707
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 11:34 am: | |
Grandma:
"That's as old as the Book of Kells."
http://www.tcd.ie/Library/kells.htm |
eliz
Citizen
Username: Eliz
Post Number: 701
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 11:50 am: | |
She's the cat's mother |
jfburch
Citizen
Username: Jfburch
Post Number: 1276
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 12:06 pm: | |
What about "the world's your oyster"? |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 650
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 12:09 pm: | |
"Can't win for losing" What the heck does that mean?
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Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6301
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 12:16 pm: | |
Bob is my uncle. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2708
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 12:18 pm: | |
Bob WAS my uncle.
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musicme
Citizen
Username: Musicme
Post Number: 445
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 12:37 pm: | |
"What about Bob?" |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 2392
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 12:47 pm: | |
My wife always says, Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt... |
wharfrat
Citizen
Username: Wharfrat
Post Number: 955
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 12:48 pm: | |
"Carry coals to Newcastle." |
curb
Citizen
Username: Curb
Post Number: 374
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 2:41 pm: | |
What do you call a man with no arms and no legs who floats in the water? |
curb
Citizen
Username: Curb
Post Number: 375
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 2:42 pm: | |
Bob |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2709
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 4:27 pm: | |
the Church of Bob |
tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 1918
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 4:51 pm: | |
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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2710
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 5:14 pm: | |
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Miss L Toe
Citizen
Username: Miss_l_toe
Post Number: 16
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 11:32 pm: | |
"She's all fur coat and no knickers" (!)
Made In England |
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