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"E"
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| Easy |
Sexually promiscuous (Senior class boys say Nikki is easy.) |
| Easy as pie |
Very easy to do (Jim thought climbing the mountain was easy as pie.) |
| Easy come, easy go |
Something easily acquired also is easily lost |
| Easy does it |
Be careful (Easy does it or you'll lose our support.) |
| Easy money |
Money made without effort (Jack claims the work is easy money.) |
| Easy on the eyes |
Pretty (Pauline is easy on the eyes.) |
| Easy street |
Luxurious life (I enjoy living on easy street.) |
| Easy to be with |
Enjoyable company (It feels so easy to be with Janet.) |
| Easy way out |
To commit suicide (Unfortunately, that debter took the easy way out.) |
| Eat crow |
To recant; be humble (Events forced my detractors to eat crow.) |
| Eat (his) words |
To recant; take back (Looks like you'll have to eat your words.) |
| Eat (my) dust |
To remain behind another person (The whole crowd can eat my dust.) |
| Egg on |
To encourage (Jim egged on the racers.) |
| Egg on the face |
To be embarrassed (They were left with egg on the face.) |
| Egghead |
An intellectual person [rude] (Bobby is the class egghead.) |
| End of the line |
Last place; finish (This is the end of the line for us.) |
| End of the road |
Last place; finish (Skagway in Alaska is the end of the road.) |
| End-run |
Go around; avoid a direct confrontation (Ross ordered troops to make an end-run.) |
| Every last stitch |
All clothing (Joe removed every last stitch for an operation.) |
| Eye-opener |
Interesting; a surprise (Her wedding announcement was a real eye-opener.) |
| Eyes glued to |
Fixated (Bobby's eyes are glued to a video game again.) |
| Excess baggage |
Useless (The company fired people who were considered excess baggage.) |
| Excess weight |
Not worth keeping (Jill's old clothes were just excess weight.) |
