easy : Idioms & Phrases
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easy chair
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noun a comfortable upholstered armchair
overstuffed chair; lounge chair.
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easy going
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noun easy unobstructed progress
plain sailing; clear sailing.
- after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing
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easy lay
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noun street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
Georgia home boy; grievous bodily harm; liquid ecstasy; max; scoop; goop; soap.
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easy mark
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noun a defenseless victim
sitting duck.
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easy money
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noun income obtained with a minimum of effort
gravy train.
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noun the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure
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easy street
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noun financial security
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easy-chair
Eas"y-chair` noun
Definitions
An armichair for ease or repose. "Laugh . . . in Rabelais' easy-chair." Pope.
Webster 1913
easy-going
Eas"y-go`ing adjective
Definitions
Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.
Webster 1913
Free and easy
- unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. Colloq. "Sal and her free and easy ways." W. Black.
Webster 1913
free-and-easy
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adjective satellite natural and unstudied
casual.
- using their Christian names in a casual way
- lectured in a free-and-easy style
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Honors are easy
(Card Playing) , said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points.
Webster 1913
take it easy
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verb settle into a comfortable sitting position
sit back.
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To ride easy
(Naut.) , to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables.
