smooth sailing
16
2.7
- idiom
- Informal
:
sin problemas
- Hopefully this was a one-time gaffe, and you will have smooth sailing from here on out.
Like we had pretty smooth sailing, constant exponential growth.
- Like we had pretty smooth sailing, constant exponential growth.
- Hopefully this is just a rough start and it'll be smooth sailing from here, right?
- Life is smooth sailing from here, right.
- But the goal is to go back to that normalcy of smooth sailing.
- And yeah, luckily for me, it was, it was all quite smooth sailing.
- It's about how I thought it would be at the beginning, smooth sailing.
- Just conflict free, just smooth sailing.
- But we go again, Listen, it ain't all going to be smooth sailing.
- And this is a continual thing like life isn't always going to be smooth sailing.
- Everything's good and baby smooth sailing from here.
- So often it's just that little something to get you over and then it's smooth sailing.
- And it's not that I expect everything to be smooth sailing and, and happen and, and be fine and be great.
- Flashpoints like Upper Salasia is what we love to do here at the Great War, but I have to admit it's not always smooth sailing.
Examples
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Well, it looks like smooth sailing.
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It should be smooth sailing from here.
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So yeah, it's not quite as smooth sailing as it could be.
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The path to the core should be smooth sailing.
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Should be smooth sailing for quite some time.
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Should be smooth sailing from here.
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I wish I could tell you that the past 18 years have been smooth sailing.
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But once we figured that out, it was smooth sailing and I really have nothing else to say about them.
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Looks like smooth sailing this morning heading into downtown Seattle.
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After months of hard work, the project is finally complete, and now it's just smooth sailing toward the deadline.
Synonyms
2
3.5
A time when things move forward easily and without problems
1
2.8
Easy to do and without problems after it starts
Antonyms
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'easy progress' is clearly related to the literal senses of 'smooth' (without bumps) and 'sail/sailing' (moving effortlessly), so learners can see a direct metaphorical mapping from smooth movement to trouble-free progress. However, the expression requires a figurative shift from literal maritime movement to abstract progress, so the exact idiomatic use is not fully predictable without some exposure.
Etymology
Smooth sailing comes from sailors: when a ship moves over calm water, the smooth surface makes the sailing very easy. So today smooth sailing means 'easy and without problems'.