easy come, easy go


A phrase suggesting lack of concern over how things turn out, and particularly over money: “She never took things very seriously; ‘easy come, easy go’ was her motto.”

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Cultural definitions for Easy come, easy go (2 of 2)

easy come, easy go

A phrase suggesting lack of concern over how things turn out, and particularly over money: “She never took things very seriously; ‘easy come, easy go’ was her motto.”

Notes for Easy come, easy go

This saying is often used after something has been lost.

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Cultural definitions for easy come, easy go (1 of 2)

easy come, easy go

A phrase suggesting lack of concern over how things turn out, and particularly over money: “She never took things very seriously; ‘easy come, easy go’ was her motto.”

Easy come, easy go

Things easily acquired may be lost just as easily.

Notes for Easy come, easy go

This saying is often used after something has been lost.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Other Idioms and Phrases with easy come, easy go

easy come, easy go

Readily won and readily lost, as in Easy come, easy go—that's how it is for Mark when he plays the stock market. This phrase states a truth known since ancient times and expressed in numerous proverbs with slightly different wording ( lightly come, lightly go; quickly come, quickly go). The adverb easy was substituted in the early 1800s.

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