Chân thẳng, lương chưa về đừng hoàn em ơi... Photo courtesy Lucy Maude Ellis.
'Go straight' nghĩa là sống cuộc đời lương thiện sau khi phạm tội [live an honest life after being a criminal; reform, mend one's ways, turn over a new leaf, get back on the straight and narrow]; hoàn lương.
Ví dụ
Turning weed to wine, helping Bekaa farmers go straight.
Former gang member wants to help others go straight.
Not-so-clever burglar advised to go straight.
After Bob was arrested, he promised his mother he would go straight.
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