pick something clean

pick (something) clean

1. To remove every piece of flesh from a bone or body. The body of the horse hadn't been out for more than a few days before the vultures and other desert dwellers had picked it clean. You must have been hungry! I wasn't expecting you to pick that drumstick clean.

2. To remove everything from something or some place. You'd better get to the store early during the big sale, because people pick the shelves clean in no time. The boss said we could take anything left behind in the office, so we went through and picked the building clean.

pick something clean

completely remove the flesh from a bone or carcass.

词组	pick something clean
释义	pick something clean pick (something) clean 1. To remove every piece of flesh from a bone or body. The body of the horse hadn't been out for more than a few days before the vultures and other desert dwellers had picked it clean. You must have been hungry! I wasn't expecting you to pick that drumstick clean. 2. To remove everything from something or some place. You'd better get to the store early during the big sale, because people pick the shelves clean in no time. The boss said we could take anything left behind in the office, so we went through and picked the building clean. See also: clean, pick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pick something clean completely remove the flesh from a bone or carcass. See also: clean, pick, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: pick (something) clean arrive (some place) in a body reach (some place) in a body body check in a body lie in state worm food worm-food body blow a body blow
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