clean as a whistle

adjective

Very clean.

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clean as a beanclean as a hound's toothclean as a new pennyclean as a new pincleanimmaculatepristinespick-and-span
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Meanings

adjectiveclean as a whistle (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparablesimileVery clean.

    Synonyms: clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny, clean as a new pin, clean, clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny

  2. idiomaticnot comparablesimileCompletely innocent; beyond moral reproach.

    Synonyms: clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, blameless, clean, clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, clear, dovelike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVery clean.

Similar
clean as a beanclean as a hound's toothclean as a new pennyclean as a new pincleanclean as a beanclean as a hound's toothclean as a new pennyclean as a new pinimmaculatepristinespick-and-spanspotlesssqueaky cleanstainlessunsoiledunsullied

adjectiveCompletely innocent; beyond moral reproach.

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clean-handedclean as a hound's toothblamelesscleanclean-handedclean as a hound's toothcleardovelikeguiltlessinnocentinnocent as the babe unborninnocent as the child unbornirreprehensiblenonblameworthynot guiltyoffenselesspurerighteoussackless
Also see
blamelesscleanclean as a beanclean as a hound's toothclean as a new pennyclean as a new pinclean-handedcleardovelikeguiltlessimmaculateinnocentinnocent as the babe unborninnocent as the child unbornirreprehensibleneat as a new pinnonblameworthynot guiltyoffenselesspurerighteoussacklesssinlessspick-and-spansqueaky cleanunblameableunblameworthyuncalculatingunguilty

Translations

Finnish putipuhdas, puhdas kuin pulmunen
  • putipuhdasvery clean
  • puhdas kuin pulmunencompletely innocent
French propre comme un sou neuf, blanc comme neige
  • propre comme un sou neufvery clean
  • blanc comme neigecompletely innocent
Polish bardzo czysty, czysty jak łza
  • bardzo czystyvery clean
  • czysty jak łzacompletely innocent
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Chicago

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