smooth sailing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(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.
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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)