plain sailing

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Trading oil at present is no plain sailing because transiting a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz is no plain sailing, either.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

In the post, Greg said he wanted to share the personal update as "life isn't plain sailing but we've got to carry on".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

There have been reports that not everything has been plain sailing.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

However, it was not all plain sailing when it became clear he was not going to reach the playing heights achieved by his father.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

"It's all plain sailing now," he remarked approvingly; and sallying out into the street, we regained the quay.

From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)