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
FÉLixFE-leeks (Portuguese)French, Spanish, Portuguese
Dre-English
MathÚIn-Irish
Neno-Serbian, Croatian
Fiachna-Irish
Ofra-Hebrew