make a clean breast of

make a clean breast of音标

英 [meik ə kli:n brest ɔv]

美 [mek e klin brɛst ʌv]

make a clean breast of基本释义

make a clean breast of用法及例句

verb

1. admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error

e.g. the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting

Synonym: own upfess up

近义词

临近词

own up坦白地承认

fess up爽快地坦白, 干脆地承认...

make

make a pass

相关列句

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。)

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。)

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。)

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。)