make a clean breast of

1. You ought to make a clean breast of the whole matter.
   你最好把整个事件和盘托出。
2. It was then, he said, that he had decided to make a clean breast of matters.
   就在那一刻，他就决定坦白自己的罪行。
3. I've decided to make a clean breast of it and tell you exactly what happened that night.
   我决定把这事坦白清楚，确切告你那天夜里发生了什么。
4. After Larry's wife found the woman's underwear in their bedroom, Larry decided to make a clean breast of it and tell his wife about the affair.
   得知妻子已经在卧室里发现了另一个女人的内衣，拉里就决定全部招供，向妻子供认了自己和那个女人的事。
5. AN: Keep a level head, make a clean breast of the lie and you'll feel released.
   保持镇定，对说过的谎话忏悔一下，你会感到轻松的。
6. His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything.
   他的内疚使得他把一切和盘托出。
7. The police urged the criminal to make a clean breast of everything.
   警察督促犯人坦白说出一切。
8. This is just why you need to make a clean breast of your income and expenses while making an application.
   这是为什么你要和盘托出你的收入和支出，而提出申请。
9. Don't be evasive. You'd better make a clean breast of it.
   别躲躲闪闪的，你还是和盘托出的好。
10. Did the murderer make a clean Breast of his crime?
    凶手供认/坦白了他的罪行吗？
11. Wouldn't it be better to make a clean breast of it?
    把它和盘托出岂不是更好？

verb

1. admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
   1. the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting

   Synonym:    own upfess up