straight as an arrow

*straight as an arrow

1. Cliché [of something] very straight. (*Also: as ~.) The road to my house is as straight as an arrow, so it should be very easy to follow.

2. . Cliché [of someone] honest or forthright. (Straight here means honest. *Also: as ~.) Tom is straight as an arrow. I'd trust him with anything.

straight as an arrow

Honest, genuine, as in You can trust Pat with the money; he's straight as an arrow. This simile alludes to the arrow's undeviating flight through the air. [Second half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pelageya	pye-lah-GYE-yah, pee-lah-GYE-yah	Russian
Ishvi	-	Biblical
Jerrold	['dʒerəld]
Lena	LE-nah (German, Polish, Italian), LYE-nah (Russian), LEE-nə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese
Timur	tee-MOOR (Russian)	History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian
Radka	-	Czech, Bulgarian