Idiom Breakdown

easy come, easy go

//ˌiːzi ˈkʌm ˌiːzi ˈɡoʊ//

English reduplications

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Definition

Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

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"They took $200 with them into the casino, and regarded their winnings as easy come, easy go."
"Ridin' high when I was king / Played it hard and fast cause I had everything / Walked away, wonderin' then / But easy come and easy go and it would end"
"I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy / Because I'm easy come, easy go / Little high, little low"

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