| Sammansatta former: |
| Engelska | Svenska |
easy as pie,
as easy as pie adj | informal (very easy) (vardagligt) | lätt som en plätt uttr |
| When you've done it a few times, it's easy as pie. |
| easy chair n | (large upholstered armchair) | fåtölj s |
| (omodern) | länstol s |
| Grandpa reclined in his easy chair when he arrived home. |
easy on the eyes,
easy on the eye adj | informal, figurative (good looking) | en fröjd för ögat uttr |
| snygg adj |
| attraktiv adj |
| I don't know who she is but she's very easy on the eyes. |
easy on the eyes,
easy on the eye adj | (not tiring to look at) | bra för ögonen uttr |
| skonsamt för ögonen uttr |
| Staring at the television for a long period of time is not easy on the eyes. |
| easy target n | figurative ([sth] or [sb] easy to criticize) (bildlig) | enkelt byte, lätt måltavla s |
| The study is an easy target for critics who suggest the results were predictable. |
| easy target n | (mark that is easily hit) | lätt måltavla, lätt mål s |
| The slow-moving ship was an easy target to hit. |
| easy to get along with adj | informal (affable) | lätt att komma överens med uttr |
| (vardagligt) | lätt att ha att göra med uttr |
| Jim is a friendly guy who is easy to get along with. |
| easy to understand adj | (quickly grasped) | lätt att förstå uttr |
| lättbegriplig, lättförståelig, lättfattlig adj |
| Use diagrams to display large amounts of information in ways that are easy to understand. |
easy to use,
easy-to-use adj | (not difficult to use) | lätt att använda adj |
| användarvänlig adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| This easy-to-use mobile phone is specially designed for the elderly. |
easygoing (US),
easy-going (UK) adj | ([sb], personality: relaxed) | lättsam adj |
| (slang, lånord) | chill adj |
| I love being with her because she's a nice easy-going girl. |
| easy-peasy adj | UK, informal (easy, simple) (idiomatisk) | lätt som en plätt uttr |
| jättelätt adj |
| My spelling test today was easy-peasy! |
| go easy on [sth] v expr | informal (use sparingly) (bildlig) | ta det lugnt med ngt vbal uttr |
| If you want to lose weight you should probably go easy on the fatty foods. |
| go easy on [sb] v expr | informal (be lenient with) (vardagligt) | vara snäll mot ngn vbal uttr |
| ha överseende med ngn vbal uttr |
| Please go easy on the new students. |
| have it easy v expr | informal (face no problems) | ha det lätt vbal uttr |
| People born into money are considered to have it easy. |
| of easy virtue expr | dated, pejorative (woman: promiscuous) (bildlig) | lätt på foten adj |
| promiskuös adj |
| (vulgär) | horig adj |
on Easy Street,
on easy street adv | figurative, slang (leading easy life) (bildlig) | komma på grön kvist vbal uttr |
| ha det lätt för sig vbal uttr |
| After we paid all of our debts, we were living on easy street. |
simple as ABC,
easy as ABC adj | informal (straightforward) (bildlig) | lätt som en plätt uttr |
| (vardagligt) | busenkel adj |
| (vardagligt) | superenkel, superlätt adj |
| Learning how to make popcorn at home is simple as ABC. |
| take it easy v expr | informal (relax) | ta det lugnt vbal uttr |
| (slang) | chilla vitr |
| Bruce loves to take it easy when he's at the cabin on the lake. |
| Retirement is the time to take it easy. |
| the easy way out n | figurative (least demanding solution) (bildlig) | den enkla vägen s |
| det enkla sättet s |
| minsta motståndets lag s |
| The easy way out would be to give up, but we must keep trying. |
