straight as an arrow

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Adverb[edit]

(as) straight as an arrow

(simile) Very straight; travelling in a very straight trajectory.
Synonym: arrow-straight
(simile, by extension) Having no homosexual desires or thoughts; completely heterosexual.

Translations[edit]

very straight; travelling in a very straight trajectory

French: droit comme un cierge (fr), droit comme un i (fr)
Hungarian: nyílegyenes (hu)
Swedish: spikrak (sv)

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