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  What it means

  “Lightly it came, lightly it went.” A variant of ‘łatwo przyszło, łatwo poszło’. What is gained without effort or weight is lost just as effortlessly.

  English equivalent

  Easy come, easy go.

  Vocabulary

  • lekko — lightly, easily
  • przyjść — to come
  • pójść — to go

  Grammar note

  Impersonal past tense construction, identical in structure to 'łatwo przyszło, łatwo poszło'.

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