| English | Russian |
| 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) |
| get it straight from the horse's mouth | получить информацию от первоисточника (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| get straight to the point | перейти сразу к делу (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| hear it straight from the horse's mouth | узнать что-либо из первоисточника (Taras) |
| hear it straight from the horse's mouth | узнать из первых уст (Taras) |
| hear it straight from the horse's mouth | услышать из первых уст (Taras) |
| hear something straight from the horse's mouth | из первых уст (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| I heard it straight from the horse's mouth | я узнал это из достоверных источников (США Alexander Matytsin) |
| in the home straight | на последнем этапе (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| in the home straight | на решающем этапе (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| in the home straight | на завершающем этапе (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| in the home straight | на заключительном этапе (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| in the home straight | на последней прямой (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| it goes in one ear and straight out of the other | в одно ухо влетает, а из другого вылетает (Jokingly he added: "I constantly have to lecture Mark Collett about all sorts of things. He is a pig ignorant man. Often it goes in one ear and straight out of the other."  bbc.co.uk) |
| keep on the straight and narrow | не нарушать закон (tlumach) |
| keep on the straight and narrow | держать в рамках (кого-либо Баян) |
| keep on the straight and narrow | не позволять с катиться по наклонной плоскости (кому-либо, о воспитании Баян) |
| return to the straight and narrow | обратиться на путь истинный (VLZ_58) |
| say straight from the shoulder | рубить с плеча (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| set put on the straight and narrow | обратить на путь истинный (VLZ_58) |
| set the record straight | изложить подлинные факты (to give the true version of events that have been reported incorrectly; to correct a misapprehension (Oxford Dictionary): The "Marilyn behind the mask," he continued, was overly generous, very intelligent (she had over 400 books in her collection), and not at all arrogant, and Karger wanted to set the record straight with the memoir. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| set the record straight | внести ясность (по какому-л. вопросу (Англо-русский фразеологический словарь под ред. А.В. Кунина, М., "Русский язык", 1984 г.) | to give the true version of events that have been reported incorrectly; to correct a misapprehension (Oxford Dictionary): The "Marilyn behind the mask," he continued, was overly generous, very intelligent (she had over 400 books in her collection), and not at all arrogant, and Karger wanted to set the record straight with the memoir. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| set the record straight | расставить всё на свои места (There has been speculation about my going to another company but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer. • Authorities in Paraguay were forced to set the record straight after a very strange video purportedly showing a cop encountering a legendary goblin-like entity went viral on social media in the country this week. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| stay on the straight and narrow | не сворачивать с пути истинного (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| straight form the shoulder | говорить прямо и честно (Okay,I'll give it to you straight from the shoulder. Right straight from the shoulder: clean out your desk; you're through. Olgert) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | из первых уст (from the original or most reliable source: I know it's true, because I got it straight from the horse's mouth – Katie told me herself. kee46) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | из первых рук (в т.ч. о сведениях key2russia) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | подлинный |
| straight from the horse's mouth | полученный из первых рук |
| straight from the horse's mouth | аутентичный (Most of the book is completely true; it comes from the horse's mouth.) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | полученный из первых рук (о сведениях) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | из надёжного источника (from a reliable source: I have it from the horse's mouth that he plans to retire next month.) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | из надёжных источников |
| straight from the horse's mouth | надёжный (об информации) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | аутентичный |
| straight from the horse's mouth | от первого лица (только в знач. "из первых уст") |
| straight from the horse's mouth | от первоисточника (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| straight from the horse's mouth | из осведомлённых кругов |
| straight from the horse's mouth | из первоисточника |
| straight off the bat | первым делом (Artjaazz) |
| straight to the point | без преамбул (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| straight to the point | прямо к сути (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
