easy street
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- noun
- /ˈiːzi striːt/
- Informal
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- Between your check and mine, we could be on easy street.
- put him on easy street
Examples
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Maybe they'll ask me to join, and I'll be on easy street.
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With her new job, she feels like she's finally on easy street.
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We could be on easy street.
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Hell, we should all be living on easy street by now.
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Tomorrow at this time, I'm gonna come back here and I'm gonna put us on easy street.
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Marry him, and you'll be living on easy street.
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Then you're on easy street.
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How many wage earners are really on easy street or anywhere near it?
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For your information, bro, I am working on something right now that is going to put this branch of the Pickles family on easy street.
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Buzzy says they’re gonna be on easy street soon?
Fiction book (1999)
Antonyms
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
easy + street
The adjective 'easy' conveys comfort and lack of difficulty, which gives a partial clue, but 'street' as a literal place does not transparently signal financial security. The expression is a metaphorical extension (being on an easy path in life), so learners might infer general comfort but not reliably the specific nuance of being financially secure without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase easy street may come from the image of a smooth, wide road—an easy street—where life feels comfortable and you do not have to work hard. That's why easy street now means 'having no money problems' or being free from money worries.