"smooth sailing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-smooth sailing.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} smooth sailing (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic, uncountable) Used to describe an activity that is not encountering any problems. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Synonyms: plain sailing Translations (easily, without problems): 一帆風順 (Chinese Mandarin), 一帆风顺 (yīfānfēngshùn) (Chinese Mandarin), sujuva [adjective] (Finnish), ruusuilla tanssimista (note: always in negative) (Finnish), 順風満帆 (junpūmanpan) (Japanese), suave na nave (Portuguese), camino de rosas (Spanish)
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