Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

steady hand on the tiller

Reliable, composed control.
248 Views
“

The new president of the Varityper division of the financially troubled AM International, Joseph A. Verderber, knows that he has his work cut out for him. . . . "My challenge in a ship that big is to make certain that it has a good steady hand on the tiller."

Collection   Edit    

Submitted on July 10, 2018

Additional definitions for 'steady hand on the tiller':

steady hand on the tillerA person exhibiting such control.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the steady hand on the tiller phrase in other languages:

main ferme sur la barre

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to steady hand on the tiller

sleight of handsimple as kiss your handraise a handsteady as a rocksteady-as-she-goessleight of handupper handtry one's handtip one's handtalk to the handthe left hand doesn't know what the rig…reserved left hand seatthe hand that rocks the cradle is the h…top hand

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this steady hand on the tiller phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this steady hand on the tiller definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "steady hand on the tiller." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/steady-hand-on-the-tiller_26558>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    The _______ must go on.
    A book
    B production
    C play
    D show

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ