Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Beer and Skittles

Life is not all beer and skittles, i.e. not all eating, drinking, and play; not all pleasure; not all harmony and love.

Sport like life, and life like sport,
Isn't all skittles and beer.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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