straight as an arrow

Honest, genuine, as in You can trust Pat with the money; he's straight as an arrow. This simile alludes to the arrow's undeviating flight through the air. [Second half of 1900s]

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How to use straight as an arrow in a sentence

Or is he just a straight-as-an-arrow Eagle Scout, far more Clark Kent than Superman?
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