Meanings
- Synonym of Bob's your uncle.
No need to faff around with books and all that malarkey. Just slap the disc into the drive, boot up Windows, and Bob’s your father’s brother. Welcome to the world of easy information.
1995 June, “Dr Spanner’s Bits ‘n’ PCs”, in David Upchurch, editor, PC Games, London: EMAP Images, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1072 more examples
He’s got a key to Number 1 – he’s in there when she drives off – he walks along the back of the terrace – shoots Rachel James – goes back to Number 1 – rings up his own office number – waits for the answerphone pips – probably doesn’t say anything – just keeps the line open for a minute or two – and Bob’s your father’s brother.
1996 September 24, Colin Dexter, chapter 20, in Death Is Now My Neighbour (Inspector Morse; 12), London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 112I mean, what are the chances of us having money to throw at that sort of job at the moment? This isn’t someone walking down the high street, same as they walked down it last Friday . . . cordon off an area, get a match for the person, couple of cameras, Bob’s your father’s brother.
2011, Susan Hill, chapter 21, in The Betrayal of Trust (Simon Serrailler; 6), London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 123–124Synonyms: Bob's your uncle
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseSynonym of Bob's your uncle.
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