英语词汇bob-s your uncle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Bob’s your uncle. Americans mainly know this expression from films. It means “that’s it” “that’ll be all right” “you’ve got it right,” “there you go,” “there you are.” The term dates back only to the 1880s, but no one has been able to identify without doubt the real “Bob” in the phrase, if indeed there was one. It may, however, be derived from the promotion in 1885 of Arthur J. Balfour (1848–1930) to chief secretary for Ireland by his uncle the marquess of Salisbury, who had just appointed him to another position the year before. Balfour is better re- membered for the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which as British foreign secretary he favored a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

词汇	bob-s your uncle
词源	Bob’s your uncle. Americans mainly know this expression from films. It means “that’s it” “that’ll be all right” “you’ve got it right,” “there you go,” “there you are.” The term dates back only to the 1880s, but no one has been able to identify without doubt the real “Bob” in the phrase, if indeed there was one. It may, however, be derived from the promotion in 1885 of Arthur J. Balfour (1848–1930) to chief secretary for Ireland by his uncle the marquess of Salisbury, who had just appointed him to another position the year before. Balfour is better re- membered for the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which as British foreign secretary he favored a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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