词汇 | easy street |
释义 | easy street Theme: COMFORT n. a place or position in life where living is easy.Easy street is no place for an active guy like Sam.Easy street is exactly what I want out of life. easy street noun a comfortable, affluent situation for little expenditure of effort US, 1897easy streetA secure and comfortable financial situation. Grandpa will be on easy street once his pension checks start rolling in. easy streetINFORMALEasy street is a situation in which things are easy and comfortable for you. If people think I'm living on easy street because of what we've done in the last six or seven months, well, that's not right. Two longtime pals hit easy street yesterday after they collected $5 million in winnings. easy streeta state of financial comfort or security. informaleasy street n. a place or position in life where living is easy. (see also fat city, on easy street.) Easy street is no place for an active guy like Sam. easy street, onVery well off, financially secure. This phrase uses easy in the sense of “in comfortable circumstances,” a usage dating from about 1700. The phrase itself came into use about two hundred years later. |
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