Idiom
straight and narrow
Meaning
A path of honesty; a procedure according to rules and plans.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He decided to walk the straight and narrow from now on.”
“After getting into trouble as a teenager, he chose to follow the straight and narrow to build a better life.”
“Despite the immense pressure to cut corners for profit, the company leadership insisted on staying on the straight and narrow to maintain their reputation.”
Examples
simple
“He decided to walk the straight and narrow from now on.”
contextual
“After getting into trouble as a teenager, he chose to follow the straight and narrow to build a better life.”
complex
“Despite the immense pressure to cut corners for profit, the company leadership insisted on staying on the straight and narrow to maintain their reputation.”
Origin
Probably "strait and narrow," from Matthew 7:14.
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