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The shortest distance between two points and the longest distance between two drinks.
means Extending or moving in one unbroken direction without bends, curves, or interruption; by extension, honest, direct, or undiluted.
from From Middle English 'streght,' which is really the past participle of the verb 'strecchen' — to stretch. So a straight line is literally a 'stretched' line: pull anything taut and the slack vanishes, leaving the shortest path between its ends. The same logic let the word drift into meaning honest and undiluted — a 'straight' answer or a drink taken neat, with nothing bending it out of true.
- poker odds
- A straight beats three of a kind but loses to a flush
- no curves
- Light travels straight until gravity bends spacetime around it
- word origin
- From 'stretched,' the past tense of an old verb to stretch
- straight edge
- A punk movement defined by refusing drugs and alcohol
- impossible line
- No truly straight line exists on a curved Earth
straight of malacca — narrow waterway between malaysia and indonesia, 550 miles long, busiest shipping lane on earth
straight of hormuz — strait between iran and oman, 21 miles wide at narrowest, 21% of world's oil passes through it
straight flush — poker hand ranking: five cards in sequence and same suit, beats four of a kind