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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
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to "live easy" off the work of others.

It is also commonly used to describe a rich, greedy person who, due to ownership of large amounts of capital, is able to "live easy" off the work of others.

What does 'to "live easy" off the work of others' mean?
  

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sitifan What does 'to "live easy" off the work of others' mean? It means 'to have a very comfortable life by enjoying the beneficial products of the labor of others'. It's like letting other people plan the party, buy the food, cook the food, and present the food in an attractive way, while all you do is show up on time to the party and eat as much as you'd like.

— CalifJim

  • sitifan What does 'to "live easy" off the work of others' mean?
  • It means 'to have a very comfortable life by enjoying the beneficial products of the labor of others'.
  • It's like letting other people plan the party, buy the food, cook the food, and present the food in an attractive way, while all you do is show up on time to the party and eat as much as you'd like.
  • It's living like royalty.
  • CJ
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sitifanWhat does 'to "live easy" off the work of others' mean?
It means 'to have a very comfortable life by enjoying the beneficial products of the labor of others'.

It's like letting other people plan the party, buy the food, cook the food, and present the food in an attractive way, while all you do is show up on time to the party and eat as much as
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I take "to live easy" to mean to survive comfortably without the expense of daily effort.

"Off the work of others" is a socialist viewpoint of the evils of Capitalism. Those who have lots of money can invest it in other people's ventures, where others are performing the labor.
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Hey CJ,

You doin' a great job buddy! I replied to the thread because I was not able to post the message on your page.
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Hi,

'Live easy' is not an expression I remember hearing or reading.

The closest I can come with the word 'easy' is the idiom 'He is (living) on Easy Street'.

eg He's on Easy Street, because he won $10 million in the lottery.

Look at
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Google "live easy" for thousands of hits, including such gems as "Live Easy with a Reverse Mortgage".

And then there's (not exactly the same):

Summertime [8]

And the livin' is easy.
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high.

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coolguy01doin' a great job
Thanks. Emotion: wink
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Avangi
"Off the work of others" is a socialist viewpoint of the evils of Capitalism.


Sounds all too familiar to me, only during Socialism in our country a lot of people lived off the system. People lacked motivation, didn't see the point in working better because the salaries were more or less the same regardless of whether you worked harder than your n
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MrPernicketyPeople lacked motivation, didn't see the point in working better because the salaries were more or less the same regardless of whether you worked harder than your neighbor or not.
I assure you, this sort of thing is not unique to socialism. There's plenty of it going on right here in North America!
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I apologize for the political remark. I'm not a political person. The quote which was asked about seemed to be more about politics than about life - to the extent that one can separate.
But I assure you that as a child of the cold war I've cherished the opportunity to "meet" some of you from the "other persuation." Here's to ya!
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