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1 make a clean breast
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2 make a clean copy
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3 make oneself clean and tidy
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4 make a clean breast of something
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5 make a clean sweep
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6 make a clean sweep of smb
make a clean sweep of smb (smth) кардина́льно изменя́ть что-л. (чем-л.)The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > make a clean sweep of smb
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7 make a clean breast of something
выложить начистотуI was forced to make a clean breast of the whole affair.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > make a clean breast of something
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8 make a clean breast of smth.
ничего не скрывать, всё выложить начистоту, чистосердечно признаться, откровенно всё рассказать‘I might as well make a clean breast of this, Mr. Butler,’ he said throwing himself on the old man's sympathies... (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XXIII) — - Я ничего не стану от вас скрывать, мистер Батлер, - сказал Каупервуд, уповая на доброжелательное отношение старика...
Large English-Russian phrasebook > make a clean breast of smth.
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9 make a clean breast of smth.
ничeгo нe cкpывaть, вcё вылoжить, чиcтocepдeчнo пpизнaтьcя вo вcём, oткpoвeннo вcё paccкaзaть'I might as well make a clean breast of this, Mr. Butler,' he said throwing himself on the old man's sympathies (Th. Dreiser)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > make a clean breast of smth.
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10 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) rydde op* * *(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) rydde op -
11 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) hacer tabla rasa -
12 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) losa sig við óþarfa; hreinsa til -
13 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) megszabadul vkitől -
14 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) livrar-se de -
15 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) gereksizlerden kurtulmak -
16 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) znebiti se -
17 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) hankkiutua eroon -
18 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) renske ut, feie bort -
19 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) fare piazza pulita -
20 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) reinen Tisch machen
См. также в других словарях:
make a clean breast of something — phrase to tell the truth about something wrong that you have done so that you can stop feeling guilty about it Thesaurus: to admit you are wrong or have done something wrongsynonym Main entry: clean * * * I see clean I … Useful english dictionary
make a clean breast — If someone makes a clean breast, they confess in full to something they have done … The small dictionary of idiomes
make a clean breast of it — ► make a clean breast of it fully confess something. Main Entry: ↑clean … English terms dictionary
make a clean sweep — ► make a clean sweep 1) remove all unwanted people or things ready to start afresh. 2) win all of a group of related sporting contests. Main Entry: ↑clean … English terms dictionary
make a clean break — To sever a relationship, etc completely • • • Main Entry: ↑clean * * * remove oneself completely and finally from a situation or relationship … Useful english dictionary
make a clean breast — index betray (disclose) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make a clean sweep — ( ● sweep … Useful english dictionary
make a clean breast of — verb admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting • Syn: ↑own up, ↑fess up • Hypernyms: ↑concede, ↑profess, ↑confess … Useful english dictionary
make a clean breast — phrasal : to make a full disclosure or confession decided to make a clean breast of his part in the affair * * * make a clean breast To make a full confession • • • Main Entry: ↑breast … Useful english dictionary
make a clean sweep of — {v. phr.} 1. Achieve a complete victory. * /In 7980 the Reagan Republicans made a clean sweep of the western states./ 2. To eliminate thoroughly and completely. * /The new attorney general is expected to make a clean sweep of all the old… … Dictionary of American idioms
make a clean sweep of — {v. phr.} 1. Achieve a complete victory. * /In 7980 the Reagan Republicans made a clean sweep of the western states./ 2. To eliminate thoroughly and completely. * /The new attorney general is expected to make a clean sweep of all the old… … Dictionary of American idioms
