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- IPA(key): /ˌiːzi ˈkʌm ˌiːzi ˈɡoʊ/
easy come, easy go
- (idiomatic) Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
They took $200 with them into the casino, and regarded their winnings as easy come, easy go.
1967, Bob Gaudio, Peggy Farina (lyrics and music), “Beggin'”, performed by The Four Seasons:Ridin' high when I was king / Played it hard and fast cause I had everything / Walked away, wonderin' then / But easy come and easy go and it would end
easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
- Czech: lehce nabyl, lehce pozbyl (cs)
- Danish: hvad der kommer let, går let
- Estonian: kergelt tulnud, kergelt läinud
- Finnish: mikä laulaen tulee, se viheltäen menee (literally “that which comes singing, goes whistling”)
- Georgian: ქარის მოტანილს ქარივე წაიღებსო (karis moṭanils karive c̣aiɣebso)
- German: wie gewonnen, so zerronnen (de)
- Greek: ανεμομαζώματα διαβολοσκορπίσματα (el) (anemomazómata diavoloskorpísmata)
- Hebrew: בא בקלות, הולך בקלות (ba beqalút, holéch beqalút)
- Hungarian: könnyen jött, könnyen ment
- Ilocano: ti nalaka ti pannakasapulna, nalaka met ti pannakapukawna
- Irish: an rud a fhaightear go bog caitear go bog é
- Japanese: 悪銭身に付かず (ja)
- Malay:
- Jawi: سنڠ داڤت, سنڠ هابيس
- Rumi: senang dapat, senang habis
- Polish: łatwo przyszło, łatwo poszło
- Portuguese: assim como vem, vai
- Romanian: cum a venit, așa a plecat
- Russian: как на́жито, так и про́жито (kak nážito, tak i próžito), легко́ пришло́, легко́ ушло́ (lexkó prišló, lexkó ušló)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: како дошло тако отишло
- Roman: kako došlo tako otišlo
- Slovene: vse veselje hitro mine, vsaka sreča hitro zgine, sreča je opoteča
- Spanish: lo que el agua trae, el agua lleva
- Swedish: lätt fånget, lätt förgånget
- Tagalog: ang kita sa bula, sa bula rin mawawala
- Turkish: haydan gelen huya gider
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