straight man

First, though, I had to be his straight man for a little while longer.

These were straight men but from the street drug world.

Straight men across the board are not into this hair!

The journalists, in effect, play straight men for one another.

"I'm trying to figure out who the straight man is."

Either that or he was a hell of a straight man.

If not quite the "straight man" of the group, he was certainly the most serious.

In the entertainment business, it would be a straight man.

Mark's role in season four was as a romantic straight man.

He likes all the same things that straight men like.

He walked down the street, a tall, very straight man.

On this night, he volunteered to be straight man for part of the act.

I have been a straight man to those people too long, and now everything must come out."

A good straight man is welcome when you're in a hurry.

Leonard has been described as the straight man of the series.

Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left.

Jim said, knowing where she was going and willing to play straight man.

I nodded, not wanting to play straight man for her.

Still, he is the straight man who lets her get the laughs.

In their comedy, the straight man is often an echo.

He may well be one of the most truly sophisticated straight men in the business today.

Burns wrote most of the material and played the straight man.

He appeared content to play the straight man and let big George have center stage - for now.