STRAIGHT AND NARROW


Meaning of STRAIGHT AND NARROW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: probably alteration of strait and narrow; from the admonition of Matthew 7:14(Authorized Version), “strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life”

Date: 1930

: the way of propriety and rectitude — used with the

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