# easy come, easy go

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/easy-come-easy-go
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

## Examples

- I lost my lottery winnings, but easy come, easy go.
- He spent his bonus on a wild party, but he just shrugged and said, easy come, easy go.
- Though the sudden windfall vanished as quickly as it had arrived, he accepted the loss with the philosophy that it was easy come, easy go.

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