Two Bob Idiom

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!"""

discombobulate

upset, excite, agitate That whistle discombobulates my dog. He barks and howls.

thing-a-ma-bob/ thing-a-ma-jig

name for a strange part, what-cha-ma-call-it If I can get the thing-a-ma-jig in the right hole, this car may start.

bent as a nine bob note

1. positively homosexual
2. crooked, dishonest
a catch-phrase whose original meaning was version 2, but with the onset of 'bent' referring to homosexually has come to be heard more with regard to version 1. In British currency, a bob was a slang expression for a shilling (five pence) but with decimalization in 1971 became obsolete. There was never any such thing as a nine bob note, hence the simile

bob

1. to visit briefly:"I'm just gonna bob down to the corner shop for some fags, do you want anything?"
2. a shilling in pre-decimal currency which now amounts to 5 pence

bobbing for fries

extremely ugly--as in the girl's so ugly she stuck her face in a fry vat

bobbins

rubbish, nonsense, useless. Manchester rhyming slang for rotten, from bobbins of cotton:"That meal was bobbins, next time we'll eat at home"

bobbinsed

drunk, intoxicated [Manchester use]

Bobby

a policeman/woman. The name derives from the pet form of the Christian name of Sir Robert Peel, who established the present British police organisation

bobby-dazzler

an amazing thing or person

Two Bob

1. slang A 10-pence coin. Typically capitalized. Primarily heard in UK. Grandma gave me a Two Bob for my birthday!2. slang A 20-cent coin. Primarily heard in Australia. Grandma gave me a two bob for my birthday!Learn more: bob, two

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bo-boes boaby boat bob bobbing for fries bobbins bobbinsed Bobby bobby-dazzler Bobs your uncle boce bod bodge bodge job boff boffin bog

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