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Phrase(s): Life isn’t all beer and skittles.
Prov. Life is not pleasurable all the time; you cannot always be having fun. (Skittles is a game like bowling.) • I don’t really mind going back to work when my vacation is over. Life isn’t all beer and skittles, and I enjoy my fun that much more because I have work to compare it to. • When George’s parents stopped supporting him, George suddenly discovered that life isn’t all beer and skittles.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs