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"Bob's your uncle" is an idiom commonly used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries that means "and there it is", or "and there you have it", or "it's done". Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions or when a result is reached. The meaning is similar to that of the French expression "et voilà!".
This is supposedly the origin of the phrase "Bob's your uncle". [135] In February 2010, Sir Christopher Kelly, chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said that more than 200 MPs used Parliamentary allowances to employ their own relatives in a variety of office roles. He suggested that the practice should be banned. [136]
The word "peeler" of similar origin, is used in Northern Ireland. Bob's your uncle "there you go", "it's that simple". [37] (Some areas of US have the phrase Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt) bod a person [38] [39] bodge a cheap or poor (repair) job, can range from inelegant but effective to outright failure. e.g.
A fanciful suggestion is that it may be based on a joke from 19th-century England about a bullied parrot being coaxed to address his owner's uncle. [1] [3] Another suggested origin is from the English phrase “time out”, a plea to cease hostilities. The abbreviated usage "T.O." was mistaken for the Spanish “tío”, which means "uncle".
Bob's Yer Uncle (band), an alternative rock band in Chicago, IL USA; Bob's Your Uncle (band), a late-1980s alternative rock group in Canada "Bob's Yer Uncle", a song by the band Happy Mondays from their album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches "Bop's Your Uncle", a bebop composition by British jazz pianist George Shearing
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