clean as a whistle
Completely, entirely, thoroughly, as in He chopped off the branch, clean as a whistle. The allusion in this simile is unclear. It may have been a replacement for the 18th-century clear as a whistle, which alluded to the pure, clean sound of a whistle (it has few overtones). However, it was adopted to describe something thoroughly done. [Early 1800s]
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clc,
cld.,
clea,
clean,
clean and jerk,
clean as a whistle,
clean bill of health,
clean breast,
clean eating,
clean energy,
clean food