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Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- They took $200 with them into the casino, and regarded their winnings as easy come, easy go.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
lehce nabyl, lehce pozbyl
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Danish:
hvad der kommer let, går let
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Erzya:
шождасто сась, шождасто тусь
(šoždasto saś, šoždasto tuś)
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Estonian:
kergelt tulnud, kergelt läinud
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Finnish:
mikä laulaen tulee, se viheltäen menee
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Georgian:
ქარის მოტანილს ქარივე წაიღებსო
(karis moṭanils karive c̣aiɣebso)
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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German:
wie gewonnen, so zerronnen
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Greek:
ανεμομαζώματα διαβολοσκορπίσματα
(anemomazómata diavoloskorpísmata)
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Hebrew:
בא בקלות, הולך בקלות
(ba beqalút, holéch beqalút)
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Hungarian:
könnyen jött, könnyen ment
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Ilocano:
ti nalaka ti pannakasapulna, nalaka met ti pannakapukawna
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Irish:
an rud a fhaightear go bog caitear go bog é
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Japanese:
悪銭身に付かず
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Malay:
سنڠ داڤت, سنڠ هابيس
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Malay:
senang dapat, senang habis
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Polish:
łatwo przyszło, łatwo poszło
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Portuguese:
assim como vem, vai
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Romanian:
cum a venit, așa a plecat
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Russian:
как на́жито, так и про́жито
(kak nážito, tak i próžito)
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Russian:
легко́ пришло́, легко́ ушло́
(lexkó prišló, lexkó ušló)
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Serbo-Croatian:
како дошло тако отишло
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Serbo-Croatian:
kako došlo tako otišlo
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Slovene:
vse veselje hitro mine, vsaka sreča hitro zgine
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Slovene:
sreča je opoteča
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Spanish:
lo que el agua trae, el agua lleva
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Swedish:
lätt fånget, lätt förgånget
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Tagalog:
ang kita sa bula, sa bula rin mawawala
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Turkish:
haydan gelen huya gider
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
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Vietnamese:
của thiên trả địa
— easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss