true as a die

English

Adverb

true as a die (not comparable)

  1. With perfect aim or direction.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 124:
      A giant arm encircled the tawny throat, and a long blade sank once, true as a die, into the fierce heart.
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