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easy_come,_easy_go

easy come, easy go

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easy come, easy go

  1. Easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss.
    They took $200 with them into the casino, and regarded their winnings as easy come, easy go.
    • 1975, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
      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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