I have searched many online dictionaries but I cannot find structure like this:
I remembered Dad saying it could just as easy be us.
So, Could you explain to me what the meaning is?
The full text is here:
There was one thing I still didn’t understand: Why had federal agents
surrounded Randy Weaver’s cabin in the first place? Why had Randy been
targeted? I remembered Dad saying it could just as easy be us. Dad was
always saying that one day the Government would come after folks who
resisted its brainwashing, who didn’t put their kids in school. For thirteen
years, I’d assumed that this was why the Government had come for Randy:
to force his children into school.
Educated by Tara Westover
Best Answer
The correct expression is:
If you are sure you read/heard it said as "easy" then this is probably an example of an eggcorn.
The expression "could just as easily" means that another possibility is just, or almost as likely as the actual outcome.
For example, if you saw a car accident happen to somebody else just a few cars ahead of you, you might well say "that could so easily have been us", because had circumstances been ever so slightly different that really might have been you in front instead.
Sometimes though, people use the expression to make "vain" claims - for example if somebody you knew from school became a famous singer and you said "that could so easily have been me" you would have had to have the same talent, opportunities and ambition to achieve that, and that isn't "easy".