T-learning # Idiom
Speak Like a Native

It’s going swimmingly

Choose the correct definition a, b or c.

Choose the correct definition a, b or c.

a) appalingly

Sorry, wrong answer. Please try again.

b) splendidly

Well done ! That’s the right answer.

If you say that something is going swimmingly, you mean that everything is happening in a satisfactory way, without any problems.

French translation

Se passer à merveille, aller pour le mieux

How NOT to translate into French : *Aller en nageant

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Examples in the press

Edithburgh jetty works go swimmingly

Yorke Peninsula Council has completed much-needed work on the Edithburgh jetty to enhance the user experience.

Work included the extension of the southern steps for divers/swimmers to have a safe access into and from the water as well as the removal of the northern steps.

Yorke Peninsula Council, 3 April 2023

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Everyday usage

The work has been going swimmingly.

Given that our project is going so swimmingly, I am happy to say that we will meet our expected deadline.

Despite a few hiccups during the start-up phase, this now works swimmingly well too.

Claramedia, 9 May 2023

c) unreasonably

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