Idiom: breathe easy
Definition
Idiom: breathe easy / breathe easier
- to be / become more calm or relaxed
Example sentences
— You'll breathe easy after your mid-term exams are over.
— Most people breathe easier when they learn how to budget their money and learn to plan for unexpected expenses.
— We're breathing easy now that the audit of our finances is behind us.
— I thought I'd breathe easier after I confronted my daughter about some photos we found on her phone but after talking to her, we're even more concerned than we were before.
— My wife is having a very difficult pregnancy. We're going to be breathing easier once she's made it through the first trimester.
— I know it's pathetic but we're breathing easy because our daughter just got engaged to marry a surgeon.
— Are you breathing easy now that you sold your house?
— Everyone's been breathing easy since the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm.
— Nadal won the first set but I'd breathe easier if has playing better.
— You know, you'd be breathing easier if you had a 6-months safety net instead of spending your entire paycheck each month.
— Joan is responding well to the oxygen and steriod injection, but we'll breathe easier if she makes it through the night without any complications.
Synonyms
- heaving a sigh of relief
- calm down
- settle down
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