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[Navid]

Hello All,

The expression is:

"Bob's your uncle!"

Waiting for answer.

Thanks in advance
Navid

[obelix]

Bob's your uncle is a British expression that denotes completion of something or satisfaction.
You use it like this:
DAUGHTER: (handing a jar with a stuck lid to her father.)

"Dad, can you get the top off this jar please?"
FATHER: (Giving a mighty heave at the lid which comes off immediately.)


" Bob's your uncle!"

[advoca]

Oh dear fruitek, where did you get that idea from. It is nonsense.


Elephant & castle is used in C o c k n ey rhyming slang to mean arse-hole, but is usually shortened to elephant. "You can stick that up your elpephant mate!" I told him.

Learn it chum, and bob's your uncle. And note Obelix's explanation. It is a good explanation of its use.

[yabla]

in the USA nobody ever says that!

[liebe]

yable is right. Bob's your uncle is a British expression, nobody says so in the U.S. If you say it, nobody would be able to guess the real meaning of this expression.