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beer and skittles

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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.

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beer and skittles

(...ˈskɪdlæz)

n. something very easy to do; an easy time of it. Did you think life was all beer and skittles?

See also: and, beer, skittle