to be in smooth water
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to experience no or very few difficulties or disruptions, particularly after a period of hardship
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Idiom
Informal
Exempel
The business was in smooth water until the recent economic downturn.
to experience no or very few difficulties or disruptions, particularly after a period of hardship
