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Synonyms for plain sailing


Grammar : Noun



Définition of plain sailing

  • noun easy path
Example sentences :
  • "We'll just cross the Snake River, and then it'll be plain sailing," he said.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • I once found it so, and certainly I thought that here was plain sailing.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • There would be plain sailing now to the head of the Canyon of Desolation.
  • Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
  • She had a very busy winter and, of course, it was not all plain sailing.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • I invented a breakdown in my health, and everything is plain sailing.
  • Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • In comparison the country school has the plainest of plain sailing.
  • Extract from : « The New Education » by Scott Nearing
  • He thought it would be all plain sailing, but he was mistaken.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 8 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • This was all plain sailing; but the case was now quite different.
  • Extract from : « The King's Own » by Captain Frederick Marryat
  • Having reached the island, the rest was truth and plain sailing.
  • Extract from : « Dialstone Lane, Complete » by W.W. Jacobs
  • The judge was duly elated; now it was plain sailing, indeed!
  • Extract from : « The Third Degree » by Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow

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