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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./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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