steady-as-she-goes

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. steady; careful; avoiding sudden change idiomatic,not-comparable
    — Graham James, the bishop of Norwich, is favourite everywhere of the steady-as-she-goes party. He is widely experienced – he worked in Lambeth Palace under the previous archbishop, Lord Carey – and widely trusted, as well as scholarly.

词源

From the nautical phrase steady as she goes.
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