clean as a hound's tooth en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (idiomatic, not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very clean.
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(idiomatic, not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very innocent.
Rogers left the Department of State in September, 1973, before the Watergate scandal had implicated Nixon and some of his principal White House aides. He couldn't have picked a better time to return to private life and all his friends were happy for him. Bill Rogers simply cleaned his desk and moved back to his old law firm, Rogers and Wells. He came through all this untarnished, as clean as a hound's tooth.
1983, James C. H. Shen, “A Round of Calls”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 105:
Synonyms
clean as a bean · clean as a new pin · squeaky clean · not guilty · clean as a hound's tooth · unblameworthy · unsullied · clean-handed · stainless · clean · righteous · spotless · clean as a whistle · clear · clean as a new penny · uncalculating · unguilty · innocent as the babe unborn · clean-handed · offenseless · clean · clean as a hound's tooth · pristine · clean as a new penny · sinless · guiltless · blameless · spick-and-span · clean as a whistle · pure · innocent · clean as a whistle · immaculate · dovelike · innocent as the child unborn · unblameable · nonblameworthy · clean as a whistle · unsoiled · sackless · irreprehensible
Translations (5)
fi puhdas kuin pulmunen (very clean, very innocent) · pl czysty jak łza (very clean, very innocent) · fi putipuhdas (very clean, very innocent) · fr blanc comme neige (very clean, very innocent) · fr propre comme un sou neuf (very clean, very innocent)