opposite to "easy come, easy go"

[katnoric32]

Hello,

I am looking for a phrase which is opposite to "easy come, easy go", to describe the thing which can't be easily removed or forgotten if it is obtained after a lot of effort.

Can I say "hard come, hard go"? or do you have any other expressions?

thanks.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I can't think of a phrase that is opposite to "easy come, easy go", but "hard come, hard go" doesn't work.

 

[katnoric32]

sorry to hear that it doesn't work...

so there would be no alternative?

 

[MikeNewYork]

There might be, but I can't think of one.

 

[katnoric32]

how about "hard gain, hard lose"?

or "hard to come, hard to go"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry to hear that it doesn't work.

[STRIKE]so there would be[/STRIKE] Is there no alternative?

How about "hard gain, hard lose" (no question mark here) or "hard to come, hard to go"?

Remember to start every sentence with a capital letter and end every sentence with a single, appropriate question mark.

Neither of your suggestions works. I can't even think of a context in which the opposite of "easy come, easy go" would be needed. It's just used to show that someone is easygoing and relaxed about things. There doesn't need to be an idiom to mean the opposite of every idiom. Someone who doesn't have the "easy come, easy go" attitude to life might be described as unrelaxed, neurotic, not chilled, fussy, and probably many other things.

 

[Barb_D]

It's a view that's worth the climb.

 

[bhaisahab]

Very deep, Barb, very deep!

 

[konungursvia]

How about irreplaceable? Or, as ye sow, so shall ye reap?

 

[lotus888]

Try:

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Not exactly an opposite meaning, but close.



--lotus