sail before the wind

To achieve something easily. This nautical phrase refers to the ease of sailing in the same direction as the wind. I don't understand people who just sail before the wind and get great grades without ever opening a book, when I study really hard and am just an average student. I hardly studied, and I still got A's on all of my exams—I really sailed before the wind this semester!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Christ	KRIEST	Theology
Darcey	DAHR-see	English (Rare)
Frane	-	Croatian
Kaoru	kah-o-ṙoo	Japanese
ŠTefanija	shte-FAHN-ee-yah (Croatian)	Slovene, Croatian
Ramlah	-	Arabic