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skittle
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(all) beer and skittles
all fun and pleasure; easy and pleasant. (Skittles is the game of ninepins, a game similar to bowling. Fixed phrase.) For Sam, college was beer and skittles. He wasted a lot of time and money.
See also: and, beer

Life isn't all beer and skittles.

Prov. Life is not pleasurable all the time; you cannot always be having fun. (Skittles is a game like bowling.) I don't really mind going back to work when my vacation is over. Life isn't all beer and skittles, and I enjoy my fun that much more because I have work to compare it to. When George's parents stopped supporting him, George suddenly discovered that life isn't all beer and skittles.
See also: and, beer, life
not be all beer and skittles  (British & Australian old-fashioned)
if a situation or activity is not all beer and skittles, it has unpleasant parts as well as pleasant ones It's not all beer and skittles, this job. It's hard work.
See also: and, beer
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Coleshill made it to 256 declared in 45 overs before skittling Aston for 183, with Phil Trilloe taking 4 for 45.
Bridgnorth close in on promotion place; DIVISION THREE by Birmingham Mail (England)
Welshpool slipped after another batting collapse in a 183-run loss at Allscott, who posted 225 before skittling the Mid Wales men for 42.
STRUGGLING Newtown remain at the [...] by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Byline: Max Oram ENGLAND'S bowlers did RPSPORT readers proud yesterday when skittling West Indies for 152 in their reply to 377 in the first Test at Lord's, and then reducing them to 37-2 at stumps.
The bowlers do the business; CRICKET by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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