clear sailing

clear sailing

Progress or advancement that is free from difficulties, obstacles, or challenges. We should be there soon. Now that we're past the traffic jam, we should have clear sailing from here on out. Organizing the event was really stressful, but it actually turned out to be pretty clear sailing on the day. If we can just get the application approved, then we should have clear sailing from there.

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*clear sailing

 and *smooth sailing

Fig. a situation where progress is made without any difficulty. (*Typically: be ~; have ~.) Once you've passed that exam, it will be clear sailing to graduation. Working there was not all smooth sailing. The boss had a very bad temper.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

clear sailing

mod. easy; easy going. It’ll be clear sailing from now on.

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