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straight sailing

NOUN
plain sailing
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And with the exception of the Rink and Five Finger rapids, which don't amount to much, so I have heard, we'll have straight sailing.

From To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon by Edward Stratemeyer

Then it was straight sailing down the Bay, past the mouths of the Rappahannock and York, and finally, into the James.

From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Miriam Haynie

Then all is straight sailing, as you say, papa.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

It was straight sailing then with Ellyson Creek to the right and Sharps Creek to the left.

From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Miriam Haynie

And where does he keep the figures that ain't straight sailing?

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope


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