straight arrows
straight arrows is the plural of straight arrow.
Meaning of straight arrow
Noun
straight arrow (plural straight arrows)
- Someone who behaves according to conventional standards; one noted for honesty and integrity.
- He was put down at first as a "straight arrow" — a do-gooder — and the description was sometimes accompanied by the cry, "ugh." as in old Westerns when the settler is shot by the wily redskin.1965 April 2, Paul O'Neil, “Bradley: good man and true”, in LIFE, volume 58, number 13, page 93
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, arrow.
- The goal can not be attained by a straight arrow flight.1908, Charles Francis Horne, The Technique of the Novel, page 28
Questions about straight arrows
- What is straight arrows the plural of?
- Straight arrows is the plural of straight arrow.
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