help with idiomatic expressions

[solat]

Hi

I have a few idiomatic expressions I'm wondering about. What does it mean:

To rubber-neck

To cost the earth

To run the gaunlet

And also what does "and Bob's your uncle" mean?

Thank you

/Erik

[Mariner]

Originally Posted by solat

Hi

I have a few idiomatic expressions I'm wondering about. What does it mean:

To rubber-neck
=to watch curiously, to look atentively

To cost the earth
=to be very expensive

To run the gaunlet
=to experience severe difficulties/criticism; to get through something unpleasant

And also what does "and Bob's your uncle" mean?
=it's an expression to show that something is very easy/simple from that point on. E.g. "Turn the screw, open the green lid, cut the wire, and Bob's your uncle!"

Thank you

/Erik

you're welcome

[solat]

Wow! That was fast. Thank you very much

[solat]

One more thing. If I want to put rubber neck in a sentense. Could I say that "someone is rubber necking something"?

[Brian Boyd]

I hear rubber-necking use dmost often in relation to traffic accidents.

Rubber-neckers are people who slow down and try to see what has happened and whether or not anyone is injured or dead.

Sample sentences:

Look! There's been a car crash over there!
Well, the police are dealing with it now, so stop rubber-necking and keep driving.

The traffic was quite slow at the scene of the accident, not because the road was blocked, but because rubber-neckers were slowing their cars to look at the scene.

Thanks

Brian


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[Mariner]

Could I say that "someone is rubber necking something"?

Yeah, take a look at the examples provided by Brian