straight sailing
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And where does he keep the figures that ain't straight sailing?
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
After sixty-eight days of quick and straight sailing, with no sight of land, they fell in with the Philippine Islands, and on 3rd November with the famous Spice Islands.
From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge
After these antics, I decreased the extent of the possible change in the form of wing-surface, so as to allow only straight sailing or only long curves in turning.
From A History of Aeronautics by Evelyn Charles Vivian
But it was not all straight sailing ahead.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Karl Anderson
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
