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Easy progress, as in We had a hard time setting up the new computer system but it'll be smooth sailing from here on . The smooth in this idiom alludes to calm waters, free from big waves or roughness, a usage dating from the late 1300s. The transfer to other kinds of easy progress dates from the second half of the 1900s. Also see plain sailing .Discover More
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Even with the tech in its current, more limited state, it hasn't all been smooth sailing though.
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But it hasn't all been smooth sailing in the platform's two decades.
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You might think that means Trump will have smooth sailing.
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It has been far from smooth sailing, though.
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It will be smooth sailing for her.
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