come clean 全盘招供;和盘托出
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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。