make a clean breast of

美 [meɪk ə kliːn brest əv]英 [meɪk ə kliːn brest ɒv]
  • 坦白;如实承认
make a clean breast ofmake a clean breast of

verb

1
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting
Synonym: own up fess up

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  1. Did the murderer make a clean Breast of his crime ?

    凶手供认/坦白了他的罪行吗?

  2. The police urged the criminal to make a clean breast of everything .

    警察督促犯人坦白说出一切。

  3. I might as well make a clean breast of it . I have been living as a woman since 1975 .

    我还是坦白的好。我从1975起就变成女人了。

  4. Wouldn 't it be better to make a clean breast of it ?

    把它和盘托出岂不是更好?

  5. You ought to make a clean breast of the whole matter .

    你最好把整个事件和盘托出。

  6. His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything .

    他的内疚使得他把一切和盘托出。

  7. Don 't be evasive . You 'd better make a clean breast of it .

    别躲躲闪闪的,你还是和盘托出的好。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. AN : Keep a level head , make a clean breast of the lie and you 'll feel released .

    保持镇定,对说过的谎话忏悔一下,你会感到轻松的。

  11. I 've decided to make a clean breast of it and tell you exactly what happened that night .

    我决定把这事坦白清楚,确切告你那天夜里发生了什么。

  12. After Larry 's wife found the woman 's underwear in their bedroom , Larry decided to make a clean breast of it and tell his wife about the affair .

    得知妻子已经在卧室里发现了另一个女人的内衣,拉里就决定全部招供,向妻子供认了自己和那个女人的事。