Sunday, October 5, 2014




Clean as a whistle

(... rất sạch sẽ / lý lịch rất trong sạch)


Meaning: If something is as clean as a whistle, it's extremely clean, or for a person it can mean they have a perfect record and have never done anything illegal.

The phrase may have originated in the 1800's, and may have come from "clear as a whistle," which referred to the almost completely pure sound that a whistle makes.

For example:
  1. Everything in a hospital should be as clean as a whistle.
  2. He hasn't got a criminal record - he's clean as a whistle.

The school thought their new teacher's record was as clean as a whistle because he hadn't told them about
  1. his arrest for drunk driving
  2. his dirty bathroom
  3. his cheating at cards





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Cập nhập lần cuối cùng lúc 8:30h ngày 5 tháng 10 2014
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