get off easy

[take it easy] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. or [go easy] or [take things easy] To go or act slowly, carefully, and gently. - Often used with "on". * /Take it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

easy come, easy go

[easy come, easy go] {truncated sent.}, {informal} Something you get quickly and easily may be lost or spent just as easily. * /Grandfather thought Billy should have to work for […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

easy

[easy] See: [FREE AND EASY], [GET OFF EASY], [ON EASY STREET], [TAKE IT EASY] or [GO EASY] or [TAKE THINGS EASY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

let down easy

[let down easy] {v. phr.} To refuse or say no to (someone) in a pleasant manner; to tell bad news about a refusal or disappointment in a kindly way. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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тянуть за язык

[тянуть за язык] {v. phr.} {literally} To pull someone by the tongue. To make someone say smt; to pump someone. […]

pull out

[pull out] {v. phr.} 1. To withdraw; leave unceremoniously. * /The defeated army hastily pulled out of the occupied […]

put a bug in one's ear

[put a bug in one's ear] or [put a flea in one's ear] See: [BUG IN ONE'S EAR].

Soren Kierkegaard

In relation to their systems most systematisers are like a man who builds an enormous castle and lives in a shack close by; […]