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plain sailing
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easy and without problems
British; American English prefers 'smooth sailing'. Often negative: 'It wasn't all plain sailing'. Close to Vietnamese 'thuận buồm xuôi gió'.
In context
Once we got through the traffic out of the city, the rest of the trip was plain sailing.
Learning to cook wasn't plain sailing, but I can make a decent meal now.
More idioms about travel
- a bumpy ridea difficult period with many problems
- a change of scenerytime in a new place that makes you feel fresh and different
- a flying visita very short visit
- a fork in the roada point where you must choose between two different paths or decisions
- a home away from homea place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own home