beer and skittles吃喝玩乐的生活

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

A life of ease with no worries；fun and games．Skittles，aBritish tavern game of ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins，takes its name from the Scandinavian skutill，“shuttle．”Thisgame，similar to shuffleboard，has been played since the early seventeenth century in taverns，where beer and skittles became an expression for a relaxed，laid—back lifestyle in which people want no more from life，and no less，than their beer and a game of skittles．

一种无忧无虑、只管吃喝玩乐的生活。Skittles是英国小酒店里的一种撞柱游戏。该游戏用木质球或圆盘撞击九根椭圆形木柱，以最少次数撞倒木柱者胜。源自斯堪的纳维亚语skutill，意为shuttle(穿梭往返)。这个游戏与打圆盘游戏相似，在英国，自17世纪以来就在小酒店里盛行。在那里，啤酒和玩九柱撞击游戏成了休闲、懒散生活方式的代名词，人们除了啤酒和游戏，在生活中别无它求。