单词 | easy come, easy go |
释义 | > as lemmaseasy come, easy go colloquial. easy come, easy go: what is acquired without effort or difficulty is often as easily lost, or may be abandoned without regret; frequently expressing a relaxed, carefree, or fatalistic approach to life, esp. to material possessions or relationships. Also as adj.: designating such an attitude. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L Lyght come lyght go. 1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 126 For that which easily comes, as freely goes.] 1831 S. Warren in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 71/2 ‘Easy come, easy go,’ is..characteristic of rapidly acquired commercial fortunes. 1853 E. T. Freedley Pract. Treat. Business 311 Prosperity is a more severe ordeal than adversity, especially sudden prosperity. ‘Easy come, easy go’, is an old and true proverb. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 14/3 Five trucks in all we'd got away with; and from one, I remember, we knocked out nearly a thousand dollars apiece. As is always the case, though, with a crook, it was easy come, easy go; and I was flat broke again—down to the grit almost. 1950 E. Waugh Let. 26 Apr. (1980) 324 Cécile has passed out of my heart... Easy come, easy go. 1977 Belfast Tel. 22 Feb. 6/6 And we may also expect that with statutory encouragement for an ‘easy come, easy go’ attitude to marriage, respect for it as an institution will diminish. 1991 M. Falk Part of Furnit. (BNC) 46 What? Sacked!.. Well it's ‘easy come, easy go’ in those places, you should put it behind you and carry on with life, that's the best thing. < as lemmas |
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