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单词 straight and narrow
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
straight and narrow, 
  1. the way of virtuous or proper conduct:After his release from prison, he resolved to follow the straight and narrow.
  • 1945–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
straight and narrow n
  1. informal the proper, honest, and moral path of behaviour
Etymology: perhaps an alteration of strait and narrow, an allusion to Matthew 7:14: ``strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life''
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