| 单词 | clean house |
| 释义 | clean houseWipe out corruption or inefficiency, as in It's time the Republican Party cleaned house. This usage is most often applied to an organization. [Slang; c. 1900] Punish, give a beating, as in Whenever he was drunk he threatened to clean house on one and all. [Slang; c. 1900] Words nearby clean housecleaner, clean food, clean-handed, clean hands, clean hands, have, clean house, cleaning, cleaning woman, clean-limbed, cleanliness, Cleanliness is next to godliness 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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