Weapons were easy to come by..

Sophisticated American weapons were easy to come by for the Taliban during the eighties.

For better English speaking skills, make it a rule to learn new expressions everyday. One per day is enough too but it has to be strictly everyday.

The phrase we discuss in this post is – Easy to come by.

What is easy to come by can be easily had. Something which is readily available or in abundant supply.

It’s a simple phrase meaning being easily available.

Let’s take some examples:

1. Mahesh was born in a middle class family but was not poor. Money was easy to come by and though they were not rolling in it, they were not short of it either.
2. Good friends are not easy to come by. You should nurture your relationships and be careful of the other guy’s feelings.
3. His business idea generated good traction. Since the concept was new and it solved a real problem of many people, new customers were easy to come by. Soon, they became one of the biggest education companies in India.
4. Apart from Daniel Vettori, no other New Zealand bowler managed to pose difficulties to Indian batsmen and fours and sixes were easy to come by.
5. For Mumbai mafia in the nineties, money was easy to come by through extortion and contract killings.
6. Since his brother is an MLA, government contracts are easy to come by. Within months, they have built a huge mansion where there used to be a humble hut.

Use this phrase to signify that something can be obtained pretty easily.

Some more examples:

1. Runs were easy to come by during the first powerplay. However, after Kohli departed, it was a different ballgame.
2. The selectors should nurture a young talent like Umesh Yadav. He has a lot of promise and such a talent is not easy to come by.
3. Such good chances are not easy to come by. Don’t hesitate. Take up the job and go to the US.