come clean 全盘招供;和盘托出
come clean的意思是“全盘招供;和盘托出”。 I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing. 我认为到时候了,该(向大家)说清楚我一直在干些什么。 和clean相关的一个搭配还有make a clean breast of it,也是全盘招供的意思。 Julia finally made a clean breast of it and admitted that she had stolen the money. 朱莉娅最终坦白了,承认是她偷了钱。 |