Significato: clean

kliːnn. pulita, pulitinav. pulire, nettare; dare una ripulita a, ripulire; (sl) vuotare le tasche a, lasciare senza un soldo; epurareadj. pulito, lindo, netto; puro, senza impurità, incontaminato; limpido, ineccepibile; dalla linea pura, armoniosoadv. in modo da lasciar pulito, in modo da pulire bene; lealmente, secondo le regole; completamente, del tutto

wipe slate clean and wipe the slate clean Idioma

a clean bill of health

a good report from the doctor, a good checkup You'll never get a clean bill of health if you eat fat meat!

a new broom sweeps clean

an employee works hard on the first day or two, make a good impression "After my first day working for Grandfather, he said, ""A new broom sweeps clean."""

as clean as a whistle

without any dirt or marks, smooth and clean The hen squeezed, and out popped an egg as clean as a whistle.

clean bill of health

(See a clean bill of health)

clean cut

well groomed, clean, neat We're looking for clean-cut boys to work as waiters.

clean me out

buy all I have, steal everything I own The thieves cleaned us out. They took everything in our house.

clean up

make a lot of money, make a big profit I cleaned up at the horse races last year and still have some of the money left.

clean up on

defeat, beat, whip you, wipe you Little Chad cleaned up on big Clint. Chad is quite a fighter.

clean up your act

do it better, do it legally, get your act together I've missed classes, failed tests. I need to clean up my act.

clean up your plate

finish eating all the food on your plate, eat it up You may leave the table after you've cleaned up your plate.

wipe (one's) slate clean

To abolish the almanac of one's wrong-doings, likened to wiping the capacity off of a allotment of slate, aforetime acclimated as a reusable autograph surface. I had been backward a agglomeration of times, but afterwards he heard that I'd been disturbing so abundant at home, my bang-up said he would apple-pie my slate clean. Mom said she would apple-pie your slate apple-pie if you pay for the boutonniere you broke.Learn more: clean, slate, wipe

wipe the slate clean

1. To forget, forgive, or abolish the almanac of someone's transgressions or wrong-doings, starting afresh as if they never occurred. Likened to wiping the capacity off of a allotment of slate, aforetime acclimated as a reusable autograph surface. I had been backward to assignment several times, but afterwards the bang-up heard that I'd been disturbing so abundant at home, he offered to apple-pie the slate apple-pie and accord me a beginning chance. These companies pay huge amounts of money to apple-pie the slate apple-pie afterwards they are bent accomplishing article abandoned or illegal. I acknowledge your apology. Let's aloof apple-pie the slate apple-pie and move on with things, eh?2. To forget, forgive, or abolish the almanac of someone's debt. The government appear a plan to apple-pie the slate apple-pie for about two actor bodies who had been abounding by boundless apprentice loans. I apperceive you can't pay me back, so why don't you absorb a brace weekends accomplishing assignment on the acreage and we'll apple-pie the slate clean.3. To discard, dismantle, or actuate of some absolute system, framework, authoritative structure, etc., in adjustment to activate application a new one. The rebels accept vowed to apple-pie the slate apple-pie for their war-torn country, able to authorize a new government that works on account of its citizens. It about dead me accepting to apple-pie the slate apple-pie afterwards two years of work, but the basal operating arrangement we had been developing artlessly wasn't working.Learn more: clean, slate, wipe

wipe someone's slate apple-pie and apple-pie the slate clean

Fig. to get rid of or abolish someone's (bad) record. (As if abatement advice recorded on a slate.) I'd like to apple-pie my slate apple-pie and alpha all over again. Bob did abominably in aerial school, but he wiped his slate apple-pie and did a acceptable job in college.Learn more: and, clean, slate, wipe

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