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smooth sailing

See: PLAIN SAILING.

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[plain] or [smooth sailing] {n. phr.} An uncomplicated, unhampered, or easy course. * /For a graduate of such a famous university as he was, that assignment was plain sailing./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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