“make a clean breast”別按字面意思理解

大家好，歡迎來的餅哥英語的頻道，今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——make a clean breast， 這個短語不能按字面意思理解！

breast在中文中指“胸部，乳房”，所以這個表達不能直譯，其真正的含義是：

make a clean breast 坦白

I felt so guilty about cheating on the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher。

關於在考試中作弊，我感到如此的愧疚以至於我必須向我的老師坦白。

You ought to make a clean breast of the whole matter。

你應該坦白講出整個事情全過程。

His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything。

他的內疚使得他坦白了一切。

You‘ll feel better if you make a clean breast of the incident。

如果你坦白這個事件，你會感到更好。

Caught shoplifting， the girls decided to make a clean breast of it to their parents。

被抓到在商店偷東西，女孩們決定向她們的父母坦白。

I decided to make a clean breast of it/things and admit that I was to blame。

我決定坦白，承認我自己應該被責怪。