Keep it on the Barber pole

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Keep it on the barber pole is an expression meaning to do the right thing.

It is a variation of the colloquial straighten up and fly right expression with a similar meaning. Its origin is that in many airplanes the artificial horizon has a solid pattern above the horizon indicator and strips similar to a barber poles below this line. When the plane indicator is sitting on the barber pole it is flying level.

Colloquial Use in Popular Culture

In the movie "Knockaround Guys" (2002), Seth Greens character used this expression to indicate that he could complete an important task without messing it up.

Keep it on the Barber pole

Colloquial Use in Popular Culture

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