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| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | as clean as a whistle | отличный |
| Makarov. | as clean as a whistle | прямо |
| Makarov. | as clean as a whistle | очень ловко |
| Makarov. | as clean as a whistle | совсем |
| proverb | as clean as a whistle | как по маслу |
| fig.of.sp. | as clean as a whistle | без сучка, без задоринки (В.И.Макаров) |
| idiom. | as clean as a whistle | чист перед законом (if someone is as clean as a whistle, they are not involved in anything illegal He hasn't got a criminal record – he's clean as a whistle. Clepa) |
| Makarov. | as clean as a whistle | совершенно |
| Makarov. | as clean as a whistle | начисто |
| Makarov. | as clean as a whistle | первоклассный |
| gen. | as clean as a whistle | как стёклышко |
| inf. | until something is as clean as a whistle | до блеска (We scrubbed the old boat until it was (as) clean as a whistle.) |