Word info

straight As

Noun

Meaning

straight As pl (plural only)

(education) Grades or marks that are consistently As.
He always gets straight As; he must study a lot.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of "virtue" is that straightness of back. John Ruskin

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow. Kid Rock

Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first person they would be talking to. Elizabeth Wurtzel

I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test. Mary-Kate Olsen

I was the last one to screen test for The Hardy Boys. I'd like to play that's not as clean-cut as Frank Hardy. I play him as straight as possible. Parker Stevenson

O no don't go O no O slow down Joe! The righteous path is straight as an arrow, Take a walk and you'll find it's too narrow, Too narrow for the likes of me. Nick Cave

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