keep to the straight and narrow



keep to the straight and narrow

Fig. to behave properly and correctly; to stay out of trouble. If you keep to the straight and narrow, you can't help but win in the end. I always keep to the straight and narrow.
See also: and, keep, narrow, straight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Michelangelomee-KE-lahn-je-loItalian
Ruadh-Irish, Scottish
Carter['ka:tə]
AllieAL-eeEnglish
Rida-Arabic
Ceciliothe-THEE-lyo (Spanish), se-SEE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), che-CHEE-lyo (Italian)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian