Plain Sailing

Definition: Plain Sailing

1. Easy unobstructed progress: "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing".

Synonyms within Context: Plain Sailing

Expressions: Plain Sailing

Modern Translation: Plain Sailing

Language		Translations for "plain sailing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏مشى بسهولة. (various references)

Chinese		一帆風� � (very smoothly; plain sailing). (various references)

Czech		byla to hraèka (it was plain sailing). (various references)

German		eine klare Sache (a plain sailing). (various references)

Greek		παιχνιδάκι (child's play, smooth sailing, toy). (various references)

Hebrew		משימ�" לא קש�". (various references)

Hungarian		sima ügy (doddle, smooth sailing), egyszerű dolog (smooth sailing). (various references)

Pig Latin		ainplay ailingsay

Romanian		totul merge cã pe roate (it's all plain sailing). (various references)

Spanish		cosa fácil (breeze), cosa de coser y cantar. (various references)

Turkish		tereyağından kıl çeker gibi iş, basit iş (mickey mouse, picnic, pie, pushover). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Plain Sailing

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-i-l-l-n-n-p-s"
	-1 letter: sailplaning.
	-4 letters: insignia, liaising, plaining, snailing, spalling, spilling, splining.
	-5 letters: agnails, alanins, alining, anginal, anginas, anilins, lapsing, lignins, linings, linsang, lisping, nailing, nilgais, nilling, paginal, paining, palings, palling, pilings, pilling, pinangs, planing, sailing, saining, salpian, sapling, sliping, sniping, spiling.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Facility	Plain sailing, smooth sailing, straight sailing; mere child's play, holiday task; cinch.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Expressions using "plain sailing": be plain sailing ♦ it was plain sailing ♦ it's all plain sailing. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.