make a clean breast
基本解释
- 坦白
英汉例句
- You ought to make a clean breast of the whole matter.
你应该坦白的讲出整个事情全过程。 - It was then, he said, that he had decided to make a clean breast of matters.
就在那一刻，他就决定坦白自己的罪行。
blog.sina.com.cn - This is just why you need to make a clean breast of your income and expenses while making an application.
这是为什么你要和盘托出你的收入和支出，而提出申请。 - The safest way for him to save his head is therefore to make a clean breast of everything.
ECONOMIST: America and Iraq - In theory, it would be marvellous if errant Italian politicians or public figures were able to make a clean breast of past sins and promise to turn over a collective new leaf as part of a general clean-up.
ECONOMIST: Italy: Unseemly, unending The