Back of the net, literally meaning 'goal' or 'success!', but used for 'great', or 'victory at last', or 'result!', or 'it's completed to your own satisfaction!'.

It's in the bag, meaning 'job done', or 'and there you go', or 'great job!', or 'it's all yours!', or 'it's completed to your own benefit!'.

Lovely jubbly, made famous by 'Del Boy' the main character from long-running English sitcom Only Fools And Horses, 'lovely jubbly' refers to 'lovely job', or 'great', or 'good news', or 'it is completed to everyone's satisfaction or profit'.

Job's a good'un, similar slang meaning 'and there you go', or 'it's done with!', or 'it's finished with', or 'it is completed to everyone's satisfaction'.Job done, something said when someone has achieved something, especially when it seems easier or quicker than expected.Easy peasy, a childish expression for something very easy.Įxpressions with a stronger emphasis on self-satisfaction or pride of achievement or just delight:.It's a doddle, another slang expression for something very easy or it's a cinch.Piece of cake, an informal expression for something very easy.This longer version may have been shortened to Bob's your uncle because Fanny has taken on a sexual meaning (late 20th century) since the expression was coined.Įxpressions with a stronger emphasis on easiness or delight:.Other variants, of both versions, spell your as yer. One variant is Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your granny. The long version Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt meaning 'and there you are', or 'it's that easy!', or '(after that) it's done!', or '(after that,) you have achieved what you wanted to achieve'.The meaning is similar to that of the French expression ' et voilà!'.Įxpressions of self-satisfaction or pride or delight at the end of a sentence describing an action, a situation, an instruction, or direction, especially when it seems easier or quicker than expected: Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions or when a result is reached.

' Bob's your uncle' is a phrase commonly used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries that means 'and there it is', or 'and there you have it', or 'it's done'.

For other uses, see Bob's your uncle (disambiguation).įirst appearance of 'Bob's your uncle' in print, an advertisement in the Dundee Evening Telegraph on 19 June 1924

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