plain sailing
noun
• smooth and easy progress in a process or activity.
• "team-building was not all plain sailing"
Similar:
uncomplicated,
straightforward,
simple,
easy,
effortless,
painless,
undemanding,
unexacting,
elementary,
a five-finger exercise,
child's play,
routine,
as easy as falling off a log,
as easy as pie,
as easy as ABC,
a piece of cake,
a cinch,
a snip,
easy-peasy,
no sweat,
a doddle,
money for old rope,
money for jam,
kids' stuff,
a breeze,
a doss,
a cakewalk,
duck soup,
a snap,
a bludge,
a snack,
a piece of old tackle,
Origin:
mid 18th century: probably a popular use of plane sailing, denoting the practice of determining a ship's position on the theory that it is moving on a plane.
