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Happy_smile Posted 21 years ago
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Easy peasy japenesey

Hello, everybody! What's the phrase meaning "easy, peasy japenesey" ? It,s from "Shawshank Redemption' , the episode. when Brooks makes Andy acquainted with a jail library.
  

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It's a jokey rhyme to say when something is easily achieved, the sort of thing you say to a child. The first part, easy peasy is constant but the second part has several variations. The most common one I've heard is easy peasy lemony squeezy!

  • It's a jokey rhyme to say when something is easily achieved, the sort of thing you say to a child.
  • The first part, easy peasy is constant but the second part has several variations.
  • The most common one I've heard is easy peasy lemony squeezy!
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It's a jokey rhyme to say when something is easily achieved, the sort of thing you say to a child. The first part, easy peasy is constant but the second part has several variations. The most common one I've heard is easy peasy lemony squeezy!
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Thanks for the reply! By the way, don,t you think I wrote a silly thing -- " Brooks makes Andy acquainted with a jail library" ? Perhaps, " Brooks shows Andy a prison library" sounds better?

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