easy street

Thân thiện

Living on easy street, she enjoys a peaceful retirement.

Definition

Noun: * A state of financial security, comfort, and prosperity, often implying a life free from significant work or worry. It describes a situation where one has ample money and an easy, comfortable lifestyle.

Usage

The phrase "easy street" is used as a singular noun, typically following a preposition. It describes a person's overall financial and lifestyle condition.

Examples

• Noun:
  • After years of hard work, his successful investments finally put him on easy street.
  • Winning the lottery would certainly set you up for life on easy street.
  • Don't assume that just because they have a big house, they're living on easy street; they have a lot of debt.

Advanced Usage

• "to be on easy street": To be in a state of financial comfort and security.
  • With both kids finally through college, my parents are finally on easy street.
• "to put someone on easy street": To provide someone with the means for a financially secure life.
  • That lucrative contract put the entire company on easy street.

Variants and Related Words

• Easy living (noun phrase): A lifestyle characterized by comfort and a lack of hardship, similar to "easy street."
  • He retired to a life of easy living by the beach.

Synonyms

• Affluence: The state of having a great deal of money; wealth.
• Comfort: A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint, often financial.
• Prosperity: The state of being successful, especially in terms of financial or material wealth.

Related Idioms

• "In the money": Having a lot of money.
  • After the sale of their startup, they were really in the money.
• "Living the high life": Living in a luxurious and extravagant way.
  • Ever since his promotion, he's been living the high life.

Học thuật

Noun

1. financial security