2009년 8월 21일 금요일

Dic: come clean (with someone) (about something)

  • It would be better if you come clean about it and let her know what kind of man she is seeing.
  • I want you to come clean with me about your financial status.
  • Sam will come clean with me. I know he will.
  • I felt it was time to come clean and tell her what the doctor had told me. (often + about )
  • It's time for the Chancellor to come clean about the proposed tax rises.
  • I should probably come clean now and admit that I don't really know how to cook at all.
  1. If you come clean about something that you have been keeping secret, you admit it or tell people about it.[ INFORMAL ]
  2. Fig. to be honest with somebody about something.
  3. to tell the truth, often about something bad that you have been trying to keep a secret
... Cobuild, McGrow-Hill Idioms, Cambridge Idioms,

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