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everyone and their uncle 成语

Bob's your uncle

"no problem as ""Bob,"" a powerful friend or relative, will do it or have it done" "When I asked her to give your application to the president, she said, ""Bob's your uncle!"""

I'll be a monkey's uncle

I cannot believe it, I must be dreaming "When Farley won the new car, he said, ""I'll be a monkey's uncle!"""

monkey's uncle

(See I'll be a monkey's uncle)

Bobs your uncle

there you have it; a catch phrase expressing satisfactory completion:"Make sure you have primed and undercoated the wood. Then apply the gloss paint and Bob's your uncle! The wood will stay protected and look good for another couple of years"

say uncle

Idiom(s): say uncle

Theme: YIELDING

to surrender; to give in. (Informal.)
• Ann held Bobby down on the ground until he said uncle.
• Why isn't it enough to win the argument? Why do you demand that I say uncle?

Dutch uncle

Idiom(s): Dutch uncle

Theme: PEOPLE

a man who gives frank and direct advice to someone in the manner of a parent or relative.
• I would not have to lecture you like a Dutch uncle if you were not so extravagant.
• He acts more like a Dutch uncle than a husband. He's forever telling her what to do in public.

Everybody and their uncle

This basically means a lot of people or too many people; everybody and their uncle was there.

Uncle Sam

(USA) Uncle Sam is the government of the USA.

say uncle|cry|cry uncle|say|uncle

v. phr., informal To say that you surrender; admit that you have lost; admit a defeat; give up. Bob fought for five minutes, but he had to say uncle. The bully twisted Jerry's arm and said, "Cry uncle." The other team was beating us, but we wouldn't say uncle.
Compare: GIVE IN.

cry uncle

cry uncle
Also, say uncle. Concede defeat, as in The Serbs want the Bosnians to cry uncle, or If you say uncle right now, I'll let you go first in the next game. This phrase originated about 1900 as an imperative among school-children who would say, “Cry uncle when you've had enough (of a beating).” By the mid-1900s it was being used figuratively, as in the examples.

everybody and his uncle

Used hyperbolically to accurate a ample cardinal or a majority of people. I'm so jealous, everybody and his uncle is activity on a vacation this summer except for me.Learn more: and, everybody, uncle