sail through
Pass without difficulty
To sail through something is to accomplish it with ease, as a boat glides smoothly through calm water.
The phrase suggests effortless success: She sailed through the interview, He sailed through his exams.
It often implies that difficulty was expected but didn't materialize.
- aceSingle-pip card
- coastLand beside the ocean
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- effortlessRequiring no strain
- walk in the parkEffortless undertaking
easy as pie · pass · excel · accomplish · nail · no sweat · no problem · succeed · master · home free · without a hitch · traverse · triumph · flow · make it · glide · steer · achieve
- sea idiomsall at sea, dead in the water, sink or swim, miss the boat, rock the boat
success vs. failure
sail throughfail
Be unsuccessful
flunk · bomb · crash and burn · fall flat · come up short
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