Meaning of Bob's your father's brother | Babel Free

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Synonym of Bob's your uncle.

Examples

“No need to faff around with books and all that malarkey. Just slap the disc into the drive, boot up Windows, and Bob’s your father’s brother. Welcome to the world of easy information.”

“He’s got a key to Number 1 – he’s in there when she drives off – he walks along the back of the terrace – shoots Rachel James – goes back to Number 1 – rings up his own office number – waits for the answerphone pips – probably doesn’t say anything – just keeps the line open for a minute or two – and Bob’s your father’s brother.”

“I mean, what are the chances of us having money to throw at that sort of job at the moment? This isn’t someone walking down the high street, same as they walked down it last Friday . . . cordon off an area, get a match for the person, couple of cameras, Bob’s your father’s brother.”

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