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November 03, 2016 Word of the Day
clean as a whistle
/
ˈ
kliːn
ˈ
æz ə
ˈ
wɪsəl/
idiom
clean as a whistle
/
ˈ
kliːn
ˈ
æz ə
ˈ
wɪsəl/
idiom
The sink is as clean as a whistle.
Definition of CLEAN AS A WHISTLE
informal
:
very clean
We scrubbed the old boat until it was (as)
clean as a whistle
.
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