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Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt en · X

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt.
   alt of Bob's your uncle
   alt of Fanny's your aunt
   • Pack your bags, take ’em outside and if Billy-Joe wakes up when you go for the keys, just tell him you wanted to go to the chip-shop because you couldn’t be bothered to cook tonight. He’ll believe that and give you the keys, you go outside, unlock the car, put the bags in and drive off. Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt. No problem, as they say in Europe. 1996, Steve Harris, “Billy-Joe’s Demise”, in Black Rock, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 197:
   • The magic hare, of course, didn’t have to bother with all this. If he wanted to go somewhere, he just wished himself there, and Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt, there he was. 1993, Lynne Reid Banks, “The Hare and the Vampire”, in The Magic Hare, New York, N.Y.: Morrow Junior Books, →ISBN, page 19:
   • Now this is a ‘naughty but nice’ cream. It is great on the side with baked fruit, but also useful as a filling for those last-minute fruit tarts. Just fill a pastry case with it, cover with fruit, give it a quick glaze if you like (1 tablespoon jam and 1 tablespoon water warmed in a pan) and Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt. 1999, Jamie Oliver, “Mascarpone Cream”, in The Naked Chef, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, “Desserts” section, page 201:
   • Vera introduced us, and Boris was interested to hear I was a masseur. He mentioned that he had gotten a massage several times a week when he was in Hollywood—so, before you could say “Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt,” yours truly offered the man who had made more people shiver and shake than any man alive a massage on the house. 1972 August 2, Arthur Mason, “Ol’ Magic Fingers: Karloff Was ‘Nicest Gent of Them All’”, in Oregon Journal, Portland, Ore., →OCLC, section 2 (Home and Family), page 1, column 2: