Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

straight down the fairway

English answer:

straightforward, direct, uncomplicated and decisive

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Mar 12, 2015 10:26
9 yrs ago
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English term

stright down the fairway

English Bus/Financial Finance (general)
“For us, it’s all about convenience!” exclaimed Emily, my personal assistant, who is a “straight-down-the-fairway” millennial. “There is no tolerance for slow or inefficient. We truly want everything to be at the touch of a button. We order everything on Amazon; we lift one finger, and it’s done.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:01: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

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straightforward, direct, uncomplicated and decisive

It's a golf metaphor, of course: hitting the ball straight down the fairway implies going directly for the target, in a conventional way, without being diverted. I think it could imply some or all of the qualities I've mentioned above.
Peer comment(s):

agree Giusi N. : Yes, uncomplicated or straightforward
45 mins
Thanks, Giusi!
agree Alison Schwitzgebel
1 hr
Thanks, Alison!
agree Ruth C (X)
3 hrs
Thanks, Ruth :)
agree Sheri P
5 hrs
Thanks, Sheri!
agree Jack Doughty
5 hrs
Thanks, Jack!
agree magdadh
6 hrs
Thanks, magdadh :)
agree Jean-Claude Gouin : It's the same for 'stright down the fairway' ... LOL
7 hrs
True! Perhaps I should have put "strighforward" :) Thanks.
agree Cilian O'Tuama : RDBM Shade - http://edinburghsgreatest.scotsman.com/viewgreatest.aspx?id=... - neither here nor there
14 hrs
Thanks! New to me, I must confess.
agree Phong Le
15 hrs
Thanks, Phong Le :)
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