come clean
/ˌkʌm ˈkliːn/INFORMAL · B2
中文对应近似对应
和盘托出
字面意思: «变干净»
含义
to finally admit the truth about something you kept hidden
终于坦白隐瞒的事.
例句
- 1Leo finally came clean and admitted he had lost his sister's camera.
- 2If you broke the window, it's better to come clean now than wait for Dad to find out.
- 3After a week of lying, Maria came clean and told her parents she had failed the exam.
- 4The company came clean about the data leak only after journalists started asking questions.
- 5Why won't Tom come clean about where he was last night?
语法
只有 come 变化形式:comes、coming、came。坦白的内容跟在 about 之后。
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