easy street
noun
a state of wealth, financial independence, or ease.
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Easy Streetnoun(sometimes not capitals) a state of financial security
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Etymology
Origin of easy street
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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The average “Simpsons” episode has between five and 10 minutes of score — which might sound like easy street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025
“And then when she did prove something, it was never good enough. … That’s a dangerous thing. Everybody’s been taught the same way: ‘If I do this, it’s going to be easy street.’
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
He has been up and down, endured boom and bust, gone from livin on easy street to trailer parks.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2020
But research shows that winning significant prizes is not the ticket to easy street.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2019
Well, jeez, maybe she is sick, but it’s no easy street for me either, being here and taking this guff.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
CAREFREE, Ariz. — Elizabeth H. paused recently outside the post office in this small, high-desert community, not far from where Easy Street meets Nonchalant Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
The joke is that Victoria has no clue that her long run on Easy Street is about to hit a dead end.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2025
Vaughan opened Easy Street during what he terms the “slacker era” of the late ’80s, when “there weren’t a lot of job opportunities for someone like me.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
You might hear customers and workers at Easy Street Records asking after each other’s kids as they wait on their morning coffee.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
But if the Unicorn lives to complete her charter I'll be up on Easy Street, even if I'll only be a plain sea captain when I come into that money.
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
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