keep one's nose clean

keep (one's) nose clean

To behave properly; to stay out of trouble. You better keep your nose clean, kid, or you're going to run into trouble you can't handle.

Stay out of trouble. For example, Dad told Brian to keep his nose clean from now on or he'd cut off his allowance. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

词组	keep one's nose clean
释义	keep one's nose clean keep (one's) nose clean To behave properly; to stay out of trouble. You better keep your nose clean, kid, or you're going to run into trouble you can't handle. See also: clean, keep, nose Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. keep one's nose clean Stay out of trouble. For example, Dad told Brian to keep his nose clean from now on or he'd cut off his allowance. [Colloquial; late 1800s] See also: clean, keep, nose The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: keep (one's) nose clean keep nose clean keep one’s nose clean keep your nose clean you could eat off the floor(s) clean (someone or something) out of (something) clean out of clean-up operation operation clean out
随便看	on the loose on the low on the make on the make, to be on the march on the margins of (something) on the mark on the market on the mat on the mend on the merits on the mojo on the money on the move on the nail on the natch on the needle on the never-never on the nod on the nose on the (off) chance on the off chance on the off-chance on the off chance of (something) on the off chance (that) (something happens)