| 单词 | all beer and skittles |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(not) all beer and skittles b. In the phrase (not) all beer and skittles, or variants of this, used to denote that something is (not) unmixed enjoyment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [phrase] > is or is not unmixed enjoyment (not) all beer and skittles1837 a good, etc., time was had by all1865 the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [phrase] (not) all beer and skittles1837 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xl. 438 It's a reg'lar holiday to them—all porter and skettles. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 46 Life isn't all beer and skittles. 1870 R. B. Mansfield School Life Winchester Coll. 138 But Football wasn't all beer and skittles to the Fags. 1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes v Life isn't all skittles and swipes... You always seem to think it. 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xxvi. 210 ‘It's an experience, isn't it?’ ‘Teach him life can't be all beer and skittles,’ said Robert Gardner maliciously. 1963 D. Ogilvy Confessions Advertising Man (1964) i. 12 Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. < as lemmas |
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