CLEAR SAILING • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Clear sailing

... the bravery they already had, the lads needed any words to stiffen their backs; but it pleased the old soldier to make it appear as if we had clear sailing before us, ...

— The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley • James Otis

... South. Normal schools and colleges were founded for the freedmen, and teachers trained there to man the public schools. There was the inevitable tendency of war to underestimate the prejudices of the master and the ignorance of the slave, and all seemed clear sailing out of the wreckage of the storm. Meantime, starting in this decade yet especially developing from 1885 to 1895, began the industrial revolution of the South. The land saw glimpses of a new destiny and the stirring of new ideals. The educational system striving to complete ...

— The Souls of Black Folk • W. E. B. Du Bois