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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(idiomatic) steady; careful; avoiding sudden change.
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.
He looked to be in fine shape, sitting glassy-eyed behind the wheel, staring straight at the narrow two-lane highway, holding a steady-as-she-goes course of fifty miles an hour.
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Steady-as-she-goes means (idiomatic) steady; careful; avoiding sudden change.
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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.
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