like a martin to his gourd
English
Alternative forms
- like a martin to its gourd
Phrase
- (US, regional) Straight, unerringly, directly.
- 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
- The ball flew to its mark like a martin to his gourd and Lucky Ned Pepper fell dead in the saddle.
- 2008, Paul Self, No Lower Place, p. 219:
- Whether all of the above was reason enough I don't know, but I left East St. Louis and, like a martin to its gourd, I headed back to the cotton fields of southeastern Missouri.
- 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
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