英语词汇“clean as a whistle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	clean as a whistle
释义	clean as a whistle Completely, entirely, thoroughly, as in He chopped off the branch, clean as a whistle. The allusion in this simile is unclear. It may have been a replacement for the 18th-century clear as a whistle, which alluded to the pure, clean sound of a whistle (it has few overtones). However, it was adopted to describe something thoroughly done. [Early 1800s] Words nearby clean as a whistle -cle, Clea, clean, cleanability, clean and jerk, clean as a whistle, clean bill of health, clean breast, clean-cut, clean eating, clean energy The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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clean as a whistle