keep things straight



keep things straight (in one's mind)

Fig. to correctly distinguish one thing from other things. These two bottles look so much alike. It's hard to keep them straight.
See also: keep, straight, thing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elizabethi-LIZ-ə-bəth (English)English, Biblical
CÍNtia-Portuguese
Mislav-Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Leeba-Yiddish
Arda-Turkish
Zephyrinus-Late Roman