The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #158316   Message #3743252
Posted By: Jim Carroll
12-Oct-15 - 06:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Who's Bob?
Subject: RE: BS: Who's Bob?
From The Penguin Dictioary of English Idioms (1986)
And Bob's your uncle! - now you have what you want.
When the young Balfour was given a ministerial post by his uncle, Lord Robert Salisbury, the Prime Minister, members of the opposition said 'Bob's your uncle', meaning that with such an uncle he could have whatever he wanted.
Jim Carroll