make a clean breast

make a clean breast

To confess one's misdeeds or wrongdoings. I felt so guilty about cheating on the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher.
See also: breast, clean, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • make a clean breast of
  • make a clean breast of (something)
  • make a clean breast of it
  • make a clean breast of something
  • pay the price
  • pay the price, to
  • pay the price/penalty
  • penalty
  • pay the penalty
  • tribulation