plain-sailing

短语

发音

US /ˌpleɪn ˈseɪlɪŋ/
UK /ˌpleɪn ˈseɪlɪŋ/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Easy, simple, straightforward.

词源

From plain (adjective) + sailing. Sense 2 of plain sailing (“something that is easy, simple, or straightforward”, noun) is attested slightly later than the adjective, and so could have been derived from it.

来源：wiktionary