go straight | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todiscontinueengaging incriminalacts; to become alaw-abidingperson.1921,Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 3, inThe Efficiency Expert:"Oh," said Jimmy, "if I ever want any one to break into a safe, come to you, huh?""You get me," replied the other. . . ."I should think," said Jimmy, "that a man of your ability could earn a living by less precarious methods." "You would think so," replied the Lizard. "I've tried two or three times togo straight. Wore out my shoes looking for a job."1951September 24, “Mexico: Toward the Perfect State”, inTime:[H]e got a law passed threatening them with jail if they did notgo straightin the future.1989,John Grisham,A Time to Kill, reprint edition,→ISBN,page12:He's proved very reliable since he was paroled. He's a good kid tryin' togo straight, for the most part.1995July 2,John Tierney, “The Big City: Cheats Like Us”, inNew York Times, retrieved13 September 2012:"I can't take no more time in jail," he said. "I'mgoing straight."

Examples:

EN: Let's go straight to the Coastguard Commission and kill them.
ES: iremos directamente a la comisaría marina para matarlo
EN: Please, master, quit this life and go straight.
ES: Por favor, maestro, deje esta vida y siga adelante.
EN: "Roberts has to go straight to Lymington to tell him."
ES: "Roberts tiene que ir inmediatamente a Lymington a decírselo."
EN: - I will go straight ahead, and you, old man, will lead a company of comrades and make a detour. But mind! Do not dig the soil without me.
ES: Yo cabalgaré hacia delante, pero tú, Abuelo, conducirás una compañía y darás un rodeo. ¡Pero ten presente ésto:
EN: We'll go straight home if you'd rather.
ES: Si quieres, mejor vamos a casa.
EN: Don't forget your promise, go straight home.
ES: No olvides tu promesa, ve directo a casa.
EN: Let's go straight away.
ES: Vamos ahora mismo.
EN: He'll go straight to his paper with the story and send it to the cops.
ES: Irá directo al periódico con el artículo.
EN: Trick laws and shyster lawyers won't let a guy go straight.
ES: Con esos pies torcidos, imposible que vayas derecho.
EN: you go straight to my apartment and bring me another hat waiter, the check please the check, here you are two beers, 1 shilling 10
ES: Vaya a mi casa y tráigame otro sombrero. ¡La cuenta! ¡La cuenta, tenga Ud.!
EN: I must go straight home.
ES: Debo ir directo a casa.
EN: No, I'd rather go straight home.
ES: No, prefiero irme a casa.
EN: I have a wife and child if Mr. Sandercroft learns about it... he won't learn about it on one condition you go straight to him and tell him to come here because I've fallen hopelessly ill
ES: Tengo mujer e hijo. Si el Sr. Sandercroft se entera... No lo sabrá, con una condición.
EN: After all, it's rather absurd to go straight to bed your first night back in Paris.
ES: Claro, es bastante absurdo acostarse pronto en mi primera noche en París.
EN: I'm trying to go straight.
ES: No haría ninguna tontería.

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