steady-as-she-goes

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Meaning: (idiomatic)steady;careful; avoiding sudden change2012September 20, Andrew Brown, “Archbishop of Canterbury succession race begins in earnest”, inThe Guardian (online)‎[1]:Graham James, the bishop of Norwich, is favourite everywhere of thesteady-as-she-goesparty. He is widely experienced – he worked in Lambeth Palace under the previous archbishop, Lord Carey – and widely trusted, as well as scholarly.2000, Matthew V. Schofield,When Reason Fails:He looked to be in fine shape, sitting glassy-eyed behind the wheel, staring straight at the narrow two-lane highway, holding asteady-as-she-goescourse of fifty miles an hour.

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