"PLAIN SAILING"
If something is plain sailing, it's very easy to do and there are no problems to overcome.
Example: As an heir to a large fortune, he looked forward to financial plain sailing.
Cosa fácil / Pan comido.
Example sentences:
- I answered the first few questions in the exam without any problems, and I knew it'd be plain sailing from then on / Respondí las primeras preguntas en el examen sin ningún problema y supe que era cosa fácil a partir de ahí.
- Golfer Tiger Woods hit a couple of bad shots early in his round, but it was plain sailing after that and he won the match easily / El golfista Tiger Woods dió un par detiros malos al principio de su ronda, pero fue pan comido después de eso y ganó el partido con facilidad.
Additional examples:
- We drove to Paris, and after getting out of London it was plain sailing all the way because there was hardly any traffic
- The roads were busy as we drove out of town but after that it was plain sailing all the way to the coast.
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