straight and narrow, the

the straight and narrow

A morally upright way of life. I need to stay on the straight and narrow so I don't get arrested again.See also: and, narrow, straight

straight and narrow, the

The honest and upright way of living, as in He led a wild life when he was young, but he's been on the straight and narrow for some years . This expression is widely though to come from confusion of straight, "not crooked," with strait, "narrow," owing to a misinterpretation of a passage from the New Testament: "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life" (Matthew 7:14). The current phrase dates only from the first half of the 1800s. See also: and, straight

单词	straight and narrow, the
释义	straight and narrow, the the straight and narrow A morally upright way of life. I need to stay on the straight and narrow so I don't get arrested again.See also: and, narrow, straight straight and narrow, the The honest and upright way of living, as in He led a wild life when he was young, but he's been on the straight and narrow for some years . This expression is widely though to come from confusion of straight, "not crooked," with strait, "narrow," owing to a misinterpretation of a passage from the New Testament: "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life" (Matthew 7:14). The current phrase dates only from the first half of the 1800s. See also: and, straight
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