| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | be on the straight and narrow | быть на верном пути (Andy) |
| book. | be on the straight and narrow | быть честным и прямым человеком (WiseSnake) |
| book. | be on the straight and narrow | стоять на верном пути, на пути добродетели (WiseSnake) |
| inf. | be on the straight and narrow | жить честно (Andy) |
| idiom. | bring back to the straight and narrow | наставить на путь истинный (This child needs to be brought back to the straight and narrow or the parents are going to have even bigger problems down the road. ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | keep on the straight and narrow | не нарушать закон (tlumach) |
| idiom. | keep on the straight and narrow | держать в рамках (кого-либо Баян) |
| idiom. | keep on the straight and narrow | не позволять с катиться по наклонной плоскости (кому-либо, о воспитании Баян) |
| gen. | put someone on the straight and narrow | направить на путь истинный (Bullfinch) |
| Makarov. | quit the straight and narrow | стать на путь преступлений |
| idiom. | return to the straight and narrow | обратиться на путь истинный (VLZ_58) |
| Makarov. | return to the straight and narrow | вернуться к честной жизни |
| idiom. | set put on the straight and narrow | обратить на путь истинный (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | stay on the straight and narrow | не сворачивать с пути истинного (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| humor. | stay on the straight and narrow | не нарушать закон (Authorities in Canada arrested a man for allegedly breaking into a pair of stores and cops say they were able to identify the suspect by way of his pet chihuahua, which inexplicably accompanied him during the capers. The weird case reportedly began late last month in the city of Winnipeg when an individual burglarized a beer store with the diminutive dog in tow and made off with some alcohol. The following week, a similar heist occurred at a jewelry store and, once again, the brazen bandit had a chihuahua by his side. Winnipeg police subsequently spotted the suspect walking his chihuahua down the street this past Saturday and, recognizing his proverbial best friend from the burglaries, cops swooped in and arrested Jason David Vanwyck for the two heists. In detailing the bust on social media, Winnipeg police indicated that the dog was "taken into safe care and not injured" during the apprehension. What will become of the dog next is uncertain, though one can only hope that its run-in with the law will inspire the chihuahua to stay on the straight and narrow going forward. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | straight and narrow | праведный путь (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| relig. | straight and narrow | стезя добродетели |
| idiom. | straight and narrow | честный образ жизни (Taras) |
| idiom. | straight and narrow | безупречное поведение (Taras) |
| Gruzovik, rhetor. | the straight and narrow | стезя добродетели (the way of proper conduct and moral integrity; used with the: kept strictly to the straight and narrow) |
| relig. | wander from the straight and narrow | сбиться с правильного пути (CNN Alex_Odeychuk) |
| relig. | wander from the straight and narrow | отступить от правильного пути (Alex_Odeychuk) |
