easy street

‘easy street’: meanings and origin
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Of American-English origin, the colloquial expression easy street (also Easy street, Easy Street) designates a condition of carefreeness, of ease, usually one marked by financial security.

—Antonyms: queer street (also Queer street, Queer Street), designating an imaginary street where people in difficulties, now especially financial ones, are supposed to reside, and its rural counterpart Dicky’s meadow.

The expression easy street (also Easy street, Easy Street) also designates, in sporting contexts, a situation where winning will be easy. The following, for example, is from an account by Jamie Jackson of a soccer match between Manchester City and Feyenoord, published in The Guardian (London and Manchester, England) of Wednesday 27th November 2024 [page 43, column 1]: