Idiom
breathe easy
Meaning
To relax or feel secure about something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You can breathe easy now that the exams are over.”
“The doctor said the test results were fine, so the whole family could finally breathe easy.”
“With the storm having passed and the ship safely in harbor, the captain allowed himself to breathe easy for the first time in days.”
Examples
simple
“You can breathe easy now that the exams are over.”
contextual
“The doctor said the test results were fine, so the whole family could finally breathe easy.”
complex
“With the storm having passed and the ship safely in harbor, the captain allowed himself to breathe easy for the first time in days.”
Key words
Related idioms
- Updated