Other expressions for taking things as they come and not worrying: “The whole family was sort of ________.”
| EASYGOING | 468 |
| HAPPY-GO-LUCKY | 219 |
| CAREFREE | 73 |
| NONCHALANT | 57 |
| LACKADAISICAL | 45 |
| NR | 32 |
| “EASY COME, EASY GO” | 30 |
| CALM | 24 |
| “COME EASY, GO EASY” | 17 |
| UNCONCERNED | 17 |
| RELAXED | 13 |
| TAKING IT EASY | 10 |
| DEVIL-MAY-CARE | 9 |
| AT EASE | 6 |
| BLASE | 6 |
| “COME DAY, GO DAY” | 6 |
| LACKSADAISICAL | 6 |
| “COME DAY, GO DAY, GOD SEND SUNDAY” | 5 |
| COMPLACENT | 5 |
| COOL | 5 |
| EASY | 5 |
| CARELESS | 4 |
| CASUAL | 4 |
| DON’T CARE-ISH | 4 |
| PLACID | 4 |
| SLAP-HAPPY | 4 |
| TAKE IT IN THEIR STRIDE | 4 |
| TOOK IT IN STRIDE | 4 |
| CALM ABOUT IT | 3 |
| FREE AND EASY | 3 |
| HAPHAZARD | 3 |
| SHIFTLESS | 3 |
| COOLING IT | 2 |
| DON’T CARE | 2 |
| EASY-GO-LUCKY | 2 |
| GO-EASY | 2 |
| HARUM-SCARUM | 2 |
| INDIFFERENT | 2 |
| LACKADAISY | 2 |
| RECONCILED | 2 |
| SLIPSHOD | 2 |
| TAKE LIFE EASY | 2 |
| TAKE-IT-AS-IT-COMES | 2 |
| TAKE-IT-EASY | 2 |
| TAKES THINGS EASY | 2 |
| TAKES THINGS IN THEIR STRIDE | 2 |
| TAKING THINGS IN STRIDE | 2 |
| TAKING THINGS IN THEIR STRIDE | 2 |
| TOOK THINGS IN STRIDE | 2 |
| WISHY-WASHY | 2 |
| ACQUIESCENT | 1 |
| ADJUSTED | 1 |
| AIN’T NO BIG THING | 1 |
| BITING THEIR TONGUE | 1 |
| BLAH | 1 |
| CALM AND COLLECTED | 1 |
| CARELESS ABOUT IT | 1 |
| COLLECTED | 1 |
| COME AND GO | 1 |
| “COME DAY, GO DAY, GOD BLESS SUNDAY” | 1 |
| “COME DAY, GO DAY, GOOD LORD’LL SEND SUNDAY” | 1 |
| “COME EASY, COME GO” | 1 |
| “COMME CI, COMME CA” | 1 |
| CONTENT | 1 |
| COOL AS A CUCUMBER | 1 |
| COULD CARE LESS | 1 |
| DEADLY | 1 |
| DILATORY | 1 |
| DON’T CARE WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS | 1 |
| DON’T FLY ALL TO PIECES | 1 |
| DON’T GIVE A DAMN | 1 |
| DON’T GIVE A HOOT | 1 |
| DON’T GIVE A SHIT | 1 |
| DRIFTING ALONG | 1 |
| “EASY GO, EASY COME” | 1 |
| EASY LIVING | 1 |
| EASY TO GET ALONG WITH | 1 |
| EVEN-TEMPERED | 1 |
| EXPECTING IT | 1 |
| FLIMSY-FLAMSY | 1 |
| FRIVOLOUS | 1 |
| GO-EASY TYPE | 1 |
| GOOD LOAF | 1 |
| GOOD-TEMPERED | 1 |
| HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT | 1 |
| HAIR-BRAINED | 1 |
| HALUM-SCALUM | 1 |
| HARDENED INTO IT | 1 |
| HAVE A DON’T-CARE ATTITUDE | 1 |
| HAVE A TAKE-IT-OR-LEAVE-IT ATTITUDE | 1 |
| HO-HUM | 1 |
| IN STRIDE | 1 |
| INFORMAL | 1 |
| IRRESPONSIBLE | 1 |
| JOLLY ROGERS | 1 |
| JUST SO-SO | 1 |
| KIND OF EASY | 1 |
| LACKSADAISIAL | 1 |
| LAISSEZ-FAIRE | 1 |
| LAPSADAZICAL | 1 |
| LATEY-SAIL | 1 |
| LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL | 1 |
| LIGHT-HEARTED | 1 |
| LIVED FROM DAY TO DAY | 1 |
| LIVING A DAY AT A TIME | 1 |
| LIVING ON EASY STREET | 1 |
| LOOSE AND FANCY-FREE | 1 |
| MADE THE BEST OF IT | 1 |
| MATTER OF FACT | 1 |
| MATTER-OF-COURSE | 1 |
| NEVER DID WORRY ABOUT NOTHIN’ | 1 |
| NEVER DISTURBED | 1 |
| NEVER GET UPSET | 1 |
| NO SWEAT | 1 |
| NO-CARE-ISH | 1 |
| NOT HARD TO PLEASE | 1 |
| NOT INTERESTED | 1 |
| “NOT ORDINARY, GO ALONG” | 1 |
| NOT RILED | 1 |
| NOT UPTIGHT | 1 |
| NOTHING BOTHERS THEM | 1 |
| OBLIVIOUS | 1 |
| PATIENT PEOPLE | 1 |
| PAYS NO ATTENTION TO THINGS | 1 |
| PEOPLE WHO DON’T CARE | 1 |
| PHLEGMATIC | 1 |
| PLAYING IT COOL | 1 |
| QUIET ATTITUDE | 1 |
| RATTLE-BRAINED | 1 |
| READY TO TAKE THINGS AS THEY COME | 1 |
| RECONCILING | 1 |
| RELAXED ATTITUDE | 1 |
| RESIGNED TO IT | 1 |
| RIDING ALONG | 1 |
| RIDING WITH THE WAVES | 1 |
| “SEEM TO TAKE IT AS IT COMES, NO BOTHER” | 1 |
| SO-SO | 1 |
| SO-SO–WHO GIVES A DAMN | 1 |
| TAKE IT EASY | 1 |
| TAKE IT IN STRIDE | 1 |
| TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT | 1 |
| TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES | 1 |
| TAKE THINGS AS THEY COME | 1 |
| TAKE THINGS IN STRIDE | 1 |
| TAKE THINGS IN THE STRIDE | 1 |
| TAKES IT AS A MATTER OF COURSE | 1 |
| TAKES IT EASY | 1 |
| TAKES THINGS IN THEIR STRIDES | 1 |
| TAKING IT IN STRIDE | 1 |
| TAKING IT IN THEIR STRIDE | 1 |
| TAKING THINGS EASY | 1 |
| TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED | 1 |
| TAKING THINGS NATURAL | 1 |
| THAT WAY | 1 |
| TOOK EVERYTHING EASY | 1 |
| TOOK IT AS IT CAME | 1 |
| TOOK IT EASY | 1 |
| TOOK IT IN THEIR STRIDE | 1 |
| TOOK IT THEIR STRIDE | 1 |
| TOOK LIFE EASY | 1 |
| TOOK THE WORLD AS IT COMES | 1 |
| TOOK THINGS AS THEY COME | 1 |
| TOOK THINGS EASY | 1 |
| TOOK THINGS IN | 1 |
| TOOK THINGS IN THEIR STRIDE | 1 |
| UNCONSCIOUS | 1 |
| UNDISTURBED | 1 |
| UNIMPRESSED | 1 |
| UNRUFFLED | 1 |
| WEAR THIS HERE WORLD LIKE A LOOSE GARMENT | 1 |
| WELL ADJUSTED | 1 |
| WEREN’T UNEASY | 1 |
| WILLING TO ACCEPT | 1 |
| WILL-O-THE-WISP | 1 |
| WITH NO SWEAT | 1 |
| WITHOUT A CARE | 1 |
| WORE THE WORLD AS A LOOSE GARMENT | 1 |
| WORE THE WORLD LIGHTLY | 1 |
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