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plain sailing

NOUN
  1. 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.
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