keep one's nose clean

Stay out of trouble. For example, Dad told Brian to keep his nose clean from now on or he'd cut off his allowance. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Natsuko	nah-tsoo-ko	Japanese
Cara	KAHR-ə, KER-ə	English
Levon	-	Armenian
Mary	['mɛəri]
Jeannette	zha-NET (French), jə-NET (English)	French, English, Dutch
Catarina	kah-tah-REE-nah (Italian), ka-ta-REE-na (Galician)	Italian, Portuguese, Occitan, Galician