easy does it

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Phrase

easy does it

1. (idiomatic) Relax; do something gently, lightly or carefully; slow down; calm down.

   Easy does it on the salt. I'm trying to cut down.

   Easy does it! That thing is heavy and fragile.

   • 2013, John O'Hara, The New York Stories, Penguin, →ISBN:

     “Nothing is bugging me, and nobody gave me any big pitch.” “Maybe that's what's bugging you, nobody give you the pitch. Did I strike oil there, June?” “Easy does it there, Rich,” said Wigman. “Don't get personal.”

Translations

do something gently or slowly

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: a poc a poc (ca), tranquil·litat i bons aliments
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慢慢來／慢慢来 (mànmàn lái); 別著急, 别着急 (bié zháojí); 慢一點, 慢一点 (màn yīdiǎn); 小心一點, 小心一点 (xiǎoxīn yīdiǎn)

• Czech: pomalu (cs)
• Danish: forsigtig, små slag
• Finnish: varovasti (fi)
• French: doucement (fr), d’une main légère (literally “with a light hand”)
• German: immer mit der Ruhe (literally “always with calm”)
• Greek: με το μαλακό (me to malakó)
• Hindi: आहिस्ता आहिस्ता (āhistā āhistā, literally “slowly, slowly”)
• Hungarian: óvatosan (hu), lassan a testtel, ne olyan hevesen, nyugalom (hu), nyugi (hu)
• Italian: attenzione (it), vacci piano
• Japanese: ゆっくりやれ落ち着け (yukkuri yare ochi tsuke)
• Latvian: lēnāk brauksi, tālāk tiksi (literally “the slower you go, the further you get”)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta det rolig, ta det forsiktig

• Portuguese: vá/vai com calma/cuidado
• Russian: ти́хо е́дешь, да́льше бу́дешь (tíxo jédešʹ, dálʹše búdešʹ), ти́хий воз скоре́е бу́дет на горе́ (tíxij voz skoréje búdet na goré), бы́страя ло́шадь ско́ро уста́нет (býstraja lóšadʹ skóro ustánet), полегче (ru) (polexče)
• Serbo-Croatian: lakše malo!, smiri doživljaj!
• Spanish: no te apresures, con cautela, despacito, despacito y buena letra
• Swedish: ta det lugn, ta det försiktigt
• Vietnamese: từ từ thôi
• Zazaki: hêdê hêdê