have an easy ride

have an easy ride

To do something without difficulty. I don't know why he thinks he'll have an easy ride going to graduate school while working a full-time job.
See also: easy, have, ride
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have/give somebody a rough/an easy ˈride

(informal) to experience/not experience difficulties when you are doing something; to make things difficult/easy for somebody: She hasn’t always had an easy ride in her business life. The government has been given a rough ride by the popular press recently.
See also: easy, give, have, ride, rough, somebody
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a bumpy ride
  • a rough ride
  • have a bumpy ride
  • have a rough ride
  • bumpy
  • give (one) a bumpy ride
  • give somebody/have a bumpy ride
  • a balancing act
  • a balancing/juggling act
  • on (one's) own time
References in periodicals archive
Neither IBM nor South Africa is going to have an easy ride. But their attitude is right.