straight and narrow
Meaning: The path of correct social or ethical behavior that society approves of.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
More idioms — Daily Life
- strapped for cash — Not having quite enough money.
- street smarts — The knowledge one needs to live on the streets; less literally, it means knowledge of the…
- stretch the truth — To be truthful technically, but to distort the truth so that others are led to believe so…
- string someone along — To make someone believe something that is not true.
- stuffed shirt — A man who is tiresome, pompous and selfimportant.
- suit someone or something to a t — Perfectly; exactly.
More English idioms
- strange bedfellows — People or things that one does not normally expect to find together.
- strike it rich — To make money (sentence 1); or, less literally, to be wildly successful (sentence 2).
- take a shine to someone or something — To like someone spontaneously.
- take it easy — To relax.
- take off — To leave quickly (sentence 1) or to do well in sales (sentences 2 and 3).
- take potluck — To accept whatever is available.
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