straight A

American  

Or straight-A

adjective

1. achieving or showing the highest grade or superior accomplishment, especially scholastically.

   a straight A report card.

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Etymology

Origin of straight A

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

It’s too bad you can’t study bubble gum and get graded for it, because Imogene would get straight A’s.

From Literature

"In this New Year, let’s resolve to get our priorities straight. A safer world begins by investing more in fighting poverty and less in fighting wars. Peace must prevail," said Guterres, who will be serving his last year as secretary general.

From Barron's

Elizabeth Brunch, she of the straight A’s and enormous glasses, raises her hand from her front row center seat.

From Literature

“You admitted these students because they have straight A’s, and now they’re getting a lot of A’s, and it’s like, ‘This is a problem.’

From The Wall Street Journal

Tan, the college senior who had straight A’s in high school, says she sleeps about six hours per night, though during some stretches of college it has been three or four.

From The Wall Street Journal