beer and skittles

短语

吃喝玩乐

发音

AU

词形变化

only 复数

别名

skittles and beer

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Fun times; pleasure and leisure.

    英国 习语 仅复数

词源

Found as early as 1837, in Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, where it appears in the form, “It’s a reg’lar holiday to them—all porter and skittles”. The most common form, as a negative admonition, appears to have been popularized by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days (1857, see quotation below).

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