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[easy come, easy go]  {truncated sent.},  {informal}

Something you get quickly and easily may be lost or spent just as easily.

[easy does it]  {informal}

Let's do it carefully, without sudden movements and without forcing too hard or too fast; let's try to just hard enough but not too hard.

"Easy does it," said the boss as they moved the piano through the narrow doorway.

 […]

[easy mark]  {n.}

A foolishly generous person; one from whom it is easy to get money.

Bill is known to all the neighborhood beggars as an easy mark.

See: [SOFT TOUCH].

[easy money]  {n.},  {informal}

Money gained without hard work; money that requires little or no effort.

The movie rights to a successful play mean easy money to the writer of the play.

* /Young people who look for easy money are usually  […]

[eat]

See:

[DOG-EAT-DOG],

[LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG] or [EAT HIGH ON THE HOG],

[LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY].

[eat away]  {v.}

1. To rot, rust, or destroy.

Rust was eating away the pipe.

Cancer ate away the healthy flesh.

See: [EAT OUT] (2).

2. To gradually consume.

* /The ocean waves were gradually eating the volcanic rocks until they turned into  […]

[eat away at]  {v. phr.}

To psychologically gnaw at; to worry someone.

[eat crow]  {v. phr.}

To admit you are mistaken or defeated; take back a mistaken statement.

John had boasted that he would play on the first team; but when the coach did not choose him, he had to eat crow.

* /Fred said he could beat the new man in  […]

[eat dirt]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To act humble; accept another's insult or bad treatment.

[eat (live) high on the hog] or [eat (live) high off the hog]  {v. phr.}

To eat or live well or elegantly.

For the first few days after the check arrived, they ate high on the hog.

Compare: [IN CLOVER] or [IN THE CLOVER], [ON EASY STREET].