Meaning of smooth sailing | Babel Free

Definitions

Used to describe an activity that is not encountering any problems.

idiomatic, uncountable

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Examples

“It's all been smooth sailing; everything has gone exactly according to plan.”

“We had some problems at the very beginning, but it's been smooth sailing since the second week or so.”

“Not that all was smooth sailing for MGM in Nazi Germany.”

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