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be plain sailing
(US also be smooth sailing) UK
Definition
to be easy and without problems
The roads were busy as we drove out of town, but after that it was plain sailing.
(Definition of be plain sailing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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