NOUN
-
easy unobstructed progress
after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing
How To Use plain sailing In A Sentence
- However it has not been plain sailing for the American since his arrival at Meadowbank last month in wake of the Scots' ignominious start to the BBL season.
- Yet it is not going to be plain sailing in the coming months. Times, Sunday Times
- But it wasn't to be all plain sailing, the weather turned and what appeared to be a hurricane appeared over the horizon to the west.
- After that it was plain sailing to tile half the room.
- Last season was far from plain sailing. Times, Sunday Times
- Life with him isn't all plain sailing, you know.
- It has not all been plain sailing with some intense rain and thunderstorms. Times, Sunday Times
- Not that it will be plain sailing from here on. Times, Sunday Times
- You'll probably be just a little sickened to hear it's been pretty much plain sailing for this up-and-coming roving reporter.
- Once the design problems were solved, it was all/everything was plain sailing.