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
We had a few tense weeks during the merger, but we're in smooth water now.
to experience no or very few difficulties or disruptions, particularly after a period of hardship
