clean as a whistle
idiom
informal
: very clean
We scrubbed the old boat until it was (as) clean as a whistle.
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As McGregor mentioned, Sterling’s face was as clean as a whistle after the fight, but Cejudo had several knots and swellings that appeared to tell a story.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 May 2023
Sometimes, these baths even offer treatments that are aimed at getting visitors clean as a whistle.
—Richard Quest, CNN, 8 May 2023
As McGregor mentioned, Sterling’s face was as clean as a whistle after the fight, but Cejudo had several knots and swellings that appeared to tell a story.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 May 2023
Sure enough, my colon was clean as a whistle, with no sign of a problem anywhere.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2021
Shop Amazon's top-selling window blind duster brush below to have your treatments as clean as a whistle.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
That land clean as a whistle now.
—Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 May 2023
Sometimes, these baths even offer treatments that are aimed at getting visitors clean as a whistle.
—Richard Quest, CNN, 8 May 2023
As McGregor mentioned, Sterling’s face was as clean as a whistle after the fight, but Cejudo had several knots and swellings that appeared to tell a story.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 May 2023
Sure enough, my colon was clean as a whistle, with no sign of a problem anywhere.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2021
Shop Amazon's top-selling window blind duster brush below to have your treatments as clean as a whistle.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
That land clean as a whistle now.
—Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
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