come easy to someone—(of skills, money, etc.) be mastered or gained easily without much exertion:
- She has a natural talent for learning, and it comes easy to her.
Cf.: easy come, easy go—used to say that smth. you get easily can be lost as easily:
- Several recessions taught me that unless you are disciplined about saving, money is easy come, easy go.
go easy on someone—(coll.) be lenient with a person; not treat smb. too harshly:
- Go easy on Ben: he’s only very young and he tries hard.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase be easy-going—be not easily annoyed or upset by other people’s actions:
- Mrs. Harris wears the pants at home: Mr. Harris is far too quiet and easy-going to argue with her.