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easy street

noun
/ˈiːzi ˌstɹiːt/UK/ˈizi ˌstɹit/US

Etymology

From easy (“at ease, comfortable”) + street.

  1. derived from *sterh₃-✻
  2. derived from strātus
  3. inherited from *strātu✻ — “street”
  4. inherited from strēt
  5. inherited from strete
  6. compounded as easy street — “easy + street”

Definitions

  1. Chiefly preceded by on

    Chiefly preceded by on: a carefree lifestyle, especially as a result of becoming wealthy, or an easy situation.

    • Stocks are light, while packers will be able to get financial aid, which will, so far as that is concerned, place them on "easy street."
    • Once after this I asked the "pardners" if Jimsey's mascot was bringing him luck. / "Yes, lady," said Tom, "we walks on de shady side of de street now—don't we, Jimsey?" / "Yes, we lives on Easy street."
    • There was big money in it—the fellows who did that job might live on Easy Street the rest of their lives.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of easy street.

    • There was big money in it—the fellows who did that job might live on Easy Street the rest of their lives.
    • Why, I'll put each of those birds under a contract that will keep you and the missus on Easy Street the rest of your lives.
    • Sometimes I'm tired and I wonder / What's so all-fired important / About being someplace at some time / Oh, but I don't really mind / 'Cause I could be on Easy Street

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA