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in a manga I was reading this expression appeared. It was about a lazy girl, who was thinking about getting herself a boyfriend (so that he can do the house chores for her), and then her friend replies:
"そんなホイっと見つかるもんか"
From the context I'd just guess the sentence means something like "As if it would be so easy (for you to get a boyfriend)", but it's still bugging me what the "ホイ" here means.
It would be nice if someone could tell me! :-)
Yes, the meaning is pretty much as you explain, except I would add that it implies doing something "carelessly" or "thoughtlessly". If you look up ほいほい in the dictionary, you can find the relevant definition:
軽々しく物事を引き受けたり行なったりするさま。 「 －（と）二つ返事で引き受ける」 「何でも－（と）買ってやる」
doing something easily rather than thinking, also it implies "carelessly" and "thoughtlessly" (look up the definition for 軽々しい).
Mar 20, 2013 at 23:01
think part from? I would translate it as Yeah, like it's that easy to find one (a boyfriend) (in a sarcastic manner). The っと is the same phenomenon as from にこにこと笑う to にこっと笑う which I believe happens in conversation (I don't know the exact details though).
Mar 21, 2013 at 0:09