What is the meaning of the highlighted expression in the sentence below? What are skittles?
“The coalition has even considered launching an advertising campaign in Romania and Bulgaria to spread the word that drizzly austerity Britain is not all BEER AND SKITTLES.”
Bagehot - The Economist (2nd February 2013)
Source: OWAD
an easy time;
ReplyDeletebeer and skittles in British English
(often used with a negative) informal. an easy time; amusement.
What are skittles?
ReplyDeletea game played with wooden pins, typically nine in number, set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down with a wooden ball or disc.
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