straight goods

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === straight goods pl (plural only) (idiomatic, often preceded by the) The truth; the facts. 1900, Sandburrs, Alfred Henry Lewis, p. 188 (Google books): "[I]n me yout' I was d' star poople of d' Sunday school dey opens long ago at d' Five Points. That's straight goods, see!" (idiomatic, often preceded by the) Someone or something authentic.