easy come, easy go

English

Proverb

easy come, easy go

1. Easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss.

   They took $200 with them into the casino, and regarded their winnings as easy come, easy go.

   • 1975, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody

     I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy. / Because I'm easy come, easy go. / Little high, little low

Translations

easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss

Czech: lehce nabyl, lehce pozbyl (cs) Danish: hvad der kommer let, går let (da) Estonian: kergelt tulnud, kergelt läinud German: wie gewonnen, so zerronnen (de) Russian: как нажито, так и прожито (ru) (kak nážito, tak i próžito), легко пришло, легко ушло (ru) (lexkó prišló, lexkó ušló)

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: како дошло тако отишло (sh) Roman: kako došlo tako otišlo (sh) Spanish: lo que el agua trae, el agua lleva (es) Turkish: haydan gelen huya gider (tr)