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easy for you to say

  1. 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.”
  2. (humorous, ironic) Said when somebody says something that is difficult to pronounce.
    It's called "staphylococcus".
    -Easy for you to say!