make a clean breast



make a clean breast

To confess one's misdeeds or wrongdoings. I felt so guilty about cheating on the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher.
See also: breast, clean, make

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lalitha-Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu
Hisein-Arabic
Zerach-Biblical Hebrew
AarenAR-ən, ER-ənEnglish (Rare)
Isabelee-sah-BEL (Spanish), IZ-ə-bel (English), ee-za-BEL (French), ee-zah-BEL (German)Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Hachirohah-chee-ṙo:Japanese