straight as an arrow
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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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Words nearby straight as an arrow
straight and narrow, straight angle, straight-arm, straight arm lift, straight arrow, straight as an arrow, straightaway, straight-backed, straight bat, straight bill of lading, straight-chain
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