the straight and narrow

Meaning

1. the honest and morally acceptable way of living

   His wife is trying to keep him on the straight and narrow.

In the movies · 2

• To tread your straight and narrow path with pride With pride.Mary Poppins1964
• l'm on the straight and narrow. Honest.Shanghai Knights2003
• It's the straight and narrow from here on out.O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000
• In one direction, a straight and narrow highway.Belfast2021
• Straight, narrow, on his way to being a Missouri Senator.Death on the Nile2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Belfast2021
  • Buddy Caught in a Street Riot
  • Belfast Builds the Barricades
  • Belfast Family Argues About Religion

From the same entry

• go straight
• play it straight
• straight away
• straight from the shoulder
• straight off
• straight up
• hit in the eye
• from the horse's mouth
• think straight
• get straight
• put straight
• straight A's