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Easy Easily Spent Birthday Money Morning Obtained Lost

Idiom Easy Come, Easy Go
Example You spent all your birthday money in one morning? With you, it's easy come , easy go.
Meaning something that is easily obtained, as money, can be lost or parted with just as easily
Origin This saying goes all the way back to the famous Canterbury Tales, written in the 1300s. The author, Geoffrey Chaucer, was saying that if you get something quickly and easily without really working hard for it, you'll probably spend or lose it just as quickly.

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