easy for you to say
English
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edit- Requiring little effort or sacrifice on your part, with the implication that it is or has been more difficult for others.
- 1972, Maurice J. Hill, Large Window on a Small World: A Play, →ISBN, page 60:
- Easy for you to say after I've wasted my years in sacrifice.
- 2010, Janet Asimov, Isaac Asimov, Norby the Mixed-Up Robot, →ISBN, page 81:
- That's easy for you to say. You're not the one who's flying.
- 2011, Jeff Hutchison, Emmanuel Book One: Out of the Shadow, →ISBN, page 56:
- That's easy for you to say. You haven't had your dreams crushed like I have.
- 2012, Sarah Kennedy, Keith Conrad, Turning Black and White into Gray: Mood Disorders, →ISBN:
- You may say, “That's easy for you to say. You are not in my situation.”
- (humorous, ironic) Said when somebody says something that is difficult to pronounce.
- It's called "staphylococcus".
-Easy for you to say!