Phrase guide

easy come, easy go

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌiːzi ˈkʌm ˌiːzi ˈɡoʊ/
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phrase

Meaning 1

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

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: lehce nabyl, lehce pozbyl — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Danish: hvad der kommer let, går let — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Erzya: шождасто сась, шождасто тусь (šoždasto saś, šoždasto tuś) — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Estonian: kergelt tulnud, kergelt läinud — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Finnish: mikä laulaen tulee, se viheltäen menee — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Georgian: ქარის მოტანილს ქარივე წაიღებსო (karis moṭanils karive c̣aiɣebso) — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • German: wie gewonnen, so zerronnen — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Greek: ανεμομαζώματα διαβολοσκορπίσματα (anemomazómata diavoloskorpísmata) — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Hebrew: בא בקלות, הולך בקלות (ba beqalút, holéch beqalút) — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Hungarian: könnyen jött, könnyen ment — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Ilocano: ti nalaka ti pannakasapulna, nalaka met ti pannakapukawna — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Irish: an rud a fhaightear go bog caitear go bog é — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Japanese: 悪銭身に付かず — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Malay: سنڠ داڤت, سنڠ هابيس — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Malay: senang dapat, senang habis — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Polish: łatwo przyszło, łatwo poszło — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Portuguese: assim como vem, vai — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Romanian: cum a venit, așa a plecat — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Russian: как на́жито, так и про́жито (kak nážito, tak i próžito) — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Russian: легко́ пришло́, легко́ ушло́ (lexkó prišló, lexkó ušló) — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Serbo-Croatian: како дошло тако отишло — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Serbo-Croatian: kako došlo tako otišlo — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Slovene: vse veselje hitro mine, vsaka sreča hitro zgine — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Slovene: sreča je opoteča — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Spanish: lo que el agua trae, el agua lleva — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Swedish: lätt fånget, lätt förgånget — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Tagalog: ang kita sa bula, sa bula rin mawawala — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Turkish: haydan gelen huya gider — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
  • Vietnamese: của thiên trả địa — easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss