英语词组come clean是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

come clean

To admit something to someone, often regarding a wrongdoing that one has tried to hide. We have to come clean with the police before Joe gets punished for our crime! The kids finally came clean about eating the cookies I'd made for the bake sale.

come clean (with someone) (about something)

Fig. to be honest with somebody about something. I want you to come clean with me about your financial status. Sam will come clean with me. I know he will.

come clean

Confess everything, as in If you come clean about what happened I will promise to keep it to myself. [Slang; early 1900s]

come clean

COMMON If you come clean about something, you tell the truth about it. I had expected her to come clean and confess that she only wrote these books for the money. It is now time for the Government to come clean, tell the world exactly how the recent tragedy happened and announce an investigation.

come clean

be completely honest and frank. informal

come ˈclean (with somebody) (about something)

(informal) tell the truth about something, especially after lying or keeping it secret: I’ll come clean with you — I’ve been reading your mail.He finally came clean and confessed.

come clean

verb

See come clean with someone about something

come clean

To confess all.

come clean, to

To tell the whole truth, to confess. A slangy Americanism dating from the early twentieth century, it most often appeared in crime novels and pertained to confessing guilt. Listed in a collection of argot published in 1919, the term became a cliché through its overuse in murder mysteries. P. G. Wodehouse played on it in Sam the Sudden (1925): “You’d best come clean, Soapy, and have a showdown.”

词组	come clean
释义	Idiom come clean (with someone) Theme: HONESTY to be completely honest with someone; to confess (everything) to someone. The lawyer said, "I can help you only if you come clean with me."All right, I'll come clean. Here is the whole story. Idiom come clean to tell the truth about something you have tried to hide. I should probably come clean now and admit that I don't really know how to cook at all. come clean verb to tell the truth, to confess US, 1919 idiomcome cleanto finally tell the truth or admit that you have done something wrong, especially after lying for a long time:Robbins was finally coming clean in his letter of resignation - no more lies and denials."I'd advise you to come clean," the detective said. "It'll look better in court if you do." come clean To admit something to someone, often regarding a wrongdoing that one has tried to hide. We have to come clean with the police before Joe gets punished for our crime! The kids finally came clean about eating the cookies I'd made for the bake sale. come clean (with someone) (about something) Fig. to be honest with somebody about something. I want you to come clean with me about your financial status. Sam will come clean with me. I know he will. come clean Confess everything, as in If you come clean about what happened I will promise to keep it to myself. [Slang; early 1900s] come clean COMMON If you come clean about something, you tell the truth about it. I had expected her to come clean and confess that she only wrote these books for the money. It is now time for the Government to come clean, tell the world exactly how the recent tragedy happened and announce an investigation. come clean be completely honest and frank. informal come ˈclean (with somebody) (about something) (informal) tell the truth about something, especially after lying or keeping it secret: I’ll come clean with you — I’ve been reading your mail.He finally came clean and confessed. come clean verb See come clean with someone about something come clean To confess all. come clean, to To tell the whole truth, to confess. A slangy Americanism dating from the early twentieth century, it most often appeared in crime novels and pertained to confessing guilt. Listed in a collection of argot published in 1919, the term became a cliché through its overuse in murder mysteries. P. G. Wodehouse played on it in Sam the Sudden (1925): “You’d best come clean, Soapy, and have a showdown.”
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