第一，迷你對話

A: I'm down and out. Could you lend me some money?

我現在是一文不名，借我點兒錢好嗎？

B: What? I heard you had won a lot of money during your vacation.

什么？我聽說假期時你贏了不少錢。

A: Oh, it's gone already. Easy come, easy go, you know.

哦，都花光了。你也知道，來得容易去得快。

第二，詞海拾貝

Easy come, easy go.

exp. When something is easily obtained, it is typically lost just as easily. （來得容易，去得快）

e.g. Of course you found a $10 on the street and immediately spent it—easy come, easy go!

當然啦，你在街上撿到10美元，馬上就花掉了——來得容易去得也快!

e.g. Ann found twenty dollars in the morning and spent it foolishly at noon. "Easy come, easy go," she said.

Ann早上撿到20美元，中午便愚蠢地花掉了。她說：“來得容易去得快。”。

e.g. John spends his money as fast as he can earn it. With John it's easy come, easy go.

John花錢和他掙錢一樣快。對于他來說，來得容易去得也快。

第三，語匯積累

down and out：貧困潦倒的，被擊倒不能再戰的

e.g. Her father has been down and out ever since the factory closed.

自從工廠關閉后，她的父親一直貧困潦倒，灰心喪志。

e.g. Mr Foley was down and out after he lost many friends.

Foley先生失去許多朋友之后變得窮困潦倒。