be all beer and skittles



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: all, and, beer, skittle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Medb-Irish Mythology
YakovYAH-kahf (Russian)Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
ClaudiusKLAW-dee-əs (English)Ancient Roman
Gjergj-Albanian
Feidhelm-Irish
Rati-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi