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smooth sailing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, uncountable) Used to describe an activity that is not encountering any problems.
    • Not that all was smooth sailing for MGM in Nazi Germany. 2013, Thomas Doherty, Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 315:
    • We had some problems at the very beginning, but it's been smooth sailing since the second week or so.
    • It's all been smooth sailing; everything has gone exactly according to plan.

Synonyms

plain sailing

Translations (7)

pt suave na nave (easily, without problems) · ja 順風満帆 (easily, without problems) · fr un long fleuve tranquille (easily, without problems) · fi ruusuilla tanssimista (easily, without problems) · cmn 一帆風順 /一帆风顺 (easily, without problems) · fi sujuva (easily, without problems) · es camino de rosas (easily, without problems)