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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.
Occasionally used in the U.S., but not to define any particular type of lawyer. bedsit (or bedsitter) one-room flat that serves as a living room, kitchen and bedroom and with shared bathroom facilities (US: see SRO ; compare studio apartment (in British English a studio apartment – sometimes 'studio flat' – would have a self-contained ...
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
The Bob Monkhouse Show (1983–86) Bob's Full House (1984–90) Bob Says Opportunity Knocks (1987–89) The $64,000 Question (UK version of The 64,000 Dollar Question) (1989, 1990–93) Bob's Your Uncle (1991–92) All or Nothing at All (1993) Gagtag (team captain, then host) (1994–1996) An Audience With Bob Monkhouse (1994) Bob Monkhouse On ...
The British English expression "Bob's your uncle" is thought to have originated when Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, promoted his nephew, Arthur Balfour, to the esteemed post of Chief Secretary for Ireland, which was widely seen as an act of nepotism. [15]
According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, "humbug" means to trick or deceive someone. It is also known to mean a falsehood or fraud, and many people use it to mean "nonsense."
From Google Translate: "Uncle Bob's food tends to be high-end. I remember seeing one episode more than half a year ago, but it was the first time since the opening of the stage that his wife, Ms. Fung, took the seat. Uncle Bob said: 'This dish saves my stomach, and then saves my heart.'"
"Bob", a song from the album One Hot Minute by the Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Bob (Medley)", a song from Roxy Music's self-titled album; Science and technology.