smooth sailing
idiomatic phraseDefinition of smooth sailing
: easy progress without impediment or difficulty
After the mix-up was rectified, it was smooth sailing again.— Mike Brown He just kept talking and talking his nonstop sunny talk about what a great summer we were going to have and that he had tons of plans and that we would get caught up as father and son and soon all our rough past would be behind us and we would have nothing but smooth sailing for our future.— Jack Ganto
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The first known use of smooth sailing was in 1824
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