Why can the saying "it's all downhill from here." mean both that it will be easy and that it is going to get

Question

worse?

Answer 1

wait until the end of the journey.

Answer 2

Easy: Think of gravity. Ever rode your bike to the top of a hill? When it was time to go down that hill you didn't have to do any work because gravity pushed you along. In that sense, things get easy.

Worse: Think of a graph. Stock market graph I suppose. When the lines start going up, it's perfectly fine. However when that line starts going down, downhill that is, it's getting bad. Less money is never good.

Answer 3

I'm sure down hill is always the easiest way but sometimes not the best way. When something is going downhill it is usually refering to something going bad but when your on the downhill side of your work it means the hard part is over.

Answer 4

Regardless good or bad, it's easy to fall down a hill!
May God Bless You

Answer 5

Wun more oddity of the Englisch language.

Try pronouncing these words and then explain why they are pronounced so differently but spelled so much alike.

Though = "tho"
Through = "threw"
Thought = "thawt"

Why does the sound of "ough" change, and of the "th" ?


Englisch iz moast konfuzing.

(Unless you grow up in America)

Answer 6

it's just like
when we were kids, it was a bad thing to "luck out"
now it's the thing to do
different generational meanings sometimes

Answer 7

if your going down hill thats the wrong way you always wont to go up....... referring to life........but i guest it is easy the ride down hill..........it can be used both ways depends how you use


(man your life is GOING DOWN HILL)

(the test aren't that hard it's like GOING DOWN HILL......real simple)........lol

Answer 8

both meanings imply that you have no choice about the outcome.