what does "hank marvin" mean in british slang?

Question

and what does "bob's your uncle" mean?
I lived in England for a few years during my childhood, but I don't remember anyone saying that.

Answer 1

Hank Marvin means "Starving" i.e really hungry.
Bob's your uncle means there ya go....
Simple really ;)

Answer 2

Hank Marvin Starvin

Answer 3

I say 'bob's your uncle', it kidna means...er..

You know, im not sure. We use it instead of thigns like 'quickly', 'as soon as' etc..

Its best in context. 'I was waiting for the Bus to come when, bobs your uncle, two approached at once!'



...Oh i dont know. We're a damn weird country at the best of times. And i've never even heard of 'Hank Marvin', thats probably a Cockney thang

Answer 4

Hank marvin-starvin', bobs your uncle is just what we say when something is easy or simple to do.

Answer 5

hank marvin = Starvin'. (starving) Bobs your uncle is like saying when you do something easy 'there you go' instead they say bobs your uncle.

Answer 6

"Bob's your uncle" means something like "as simple as that" and is used something like this-- "and then you just pop it in the oven for an hour and, Bob's your uncle, you have a lovely cheese souffle."

There are a couple of different theories on the origin of the phrase on Michael Quinion's World Wide Words website: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bob1.htm

Answer 7

bob's ur uncle means do whatever u like: as in "do whatever bobs ur uncle." i've never heard of hank marvin.

Answer 8

hank marvin (starvin)is a relatively new slang word,named after the lead guitarist of the shadows,some old ones are whistle and flute (suit)rubba dub(pub)daisy roots(boots)buble and squeak(greek)tom tit s#it,ditto

Answer 9

1. (British slang, esp. Asian, i.e. Indian, Pakistani, etc.) Contraction of "isn't it", "isn't he/she", "aren't they", "isn't there" and many other end-of-sentence questions. For greatest effect use in places where it would make no sense whatsoever if expanded. 2. General positive exclamation meaning "yes, I agree!" 1. "Hey dere's some pigs in dat cop car over there innit?" "Yo look at my new car innit!" 2. Raj: "Da Matrix is to'ally cool!" Nisha: "Innit!"

Answer 10

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