Meaning of Robert is your uncle | Babel Free

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

““You understand, Commandant,” he said darkly, “that your offence might have had serious consequences?” / “I do, sir.” / “Well!” said Duroc. “Then I forget it.” Yet his wrath boiled over. “But here is an end, Commandant. We will have no more of this, burn me, or Robert is your uncle!””

““[…] So I slips in and ’as a moniker at the safe. So when I takes you in, we ’ave the place to ourselves. I knows the safe, so—” He opened his hands expressively. / “So Robert is your uncle!” Pontivy finished the sentence for him.”

“TO Dun Laoghaire, to have photographs taken so that I may go by train through eastern Europe, come September. In the shopping centre, there is a booth which looks not unlike a confessional. You sit, put coins in a slot, and Robert is your uncle.”

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