| English | Russian |
| A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast | Смысл: лучше беднее, да честнее (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast | Хлеб с водою, да не пирог с лихвою (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast | Ср. лучше бедность да честность, нежели прибыль да стыд (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast | Честный пост лучше, чем нечестный грязный) завтрак (ROGER YOUNG) |
| a clean fast is better than dirty breakfast | лучше беднее, да честнее |
| A clean hand wants no washing | Правду красить нет нужды (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A clean hand wants no washing | Смысл: честному человеку оправдываться излишне (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A clean hand wants no washing | Чистую руку мыть не нужно (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A clean hand wants no washing | Правда сама себя очистит (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A clean hand wants no washing | Правда милости не ищет (ROGER YOUNG) |
| 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) |
| be a clean shot on goal | идти к цели, не встречая препятствий (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| be clean as a whistle | сверкать (от чистоты: This house needs to be as clean as a whistle before my mother-in-law gets here. • I spent the morning scrubbing my bike until it was clean as a whistle. 4uzhoj) |
| clean as a whistle | начисто (В.И.Макаров) |
| clean as a whistle | совершенно (В.И.Макаров) |
| clean as a whistle | очень ловко (He chopped off the branch, clean as a whistle. В.И.Макаров) |
| clean as a whistle | очень ловко |
| clean as a whistle | чистенький (Of course the deputies knew Los Peñasquitos Canyon. One of them went over and looked at the car. Clean as a whistle. The deputy managed to trick the trunk open. (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| clean as a whistle | чист как младенец (о подозреваемом Taras) |
| clean as a whistle | чисто, как в музее (Aprilen) |
| clean as a whistle | чисто (без нарушения правил dagordan) |
| clean as a whistle | чистый (о подкате в футболе dagordan) |
| clean as a whistle | совсем (В.И.Макаров) |
| clean as a whistle | чистый, как стёклышко (musichok) |
| clean as a whistle | прямо (В.И.Макаров) |
| clean bill of health | удостоверение от санинспекции о нормальном санитарном состоянии (заведения Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| clean bill of health | удостоверение о невиновности (чистоте перед законом Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| clean bill of health | удостоверение о хорошем состоянии здоровья (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| clean someone's clock | решительная победа (To defeat decisively. Interex) |
| clean someone's clock | отправить в нокаут (Barack Obama cleaned her clock in the debates. • The heavily-tattooed Perez never recovered, getting nailed with flush head shots before a clean-up left hook cleaned his clock. 4uzhoj) |
| clean code | программный коддоступный каждому, чтобы читать его или изменять его (Software code that is formatted correctly and in an organized manner so that another coder can easily read or modify it. Interex) |
| clean house | провести кадровые перестановки (U.S. and other officials said they have seen no evidence that Putin has cleaned house at the top of Russia’s spy agencies or held senior officials to account for costly misjudgments.  washingtonpost.com 4uzhoj) |
| clean up | одержать победу с численным преимуществом (Interex) |
| clean up | выиграть большую сумму (Interex) |
| clean up | сделать большую прибыль (To make a large profit, to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount. Interex) |
| clean up own act first | разобраться сначала в своём доме (Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| clean up own act first | разобраться сначала с собой (Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| clean up the mess | навести порядок (напр., в экономике: When Liberal PM Jean Chretien together with Minister of Finance Paul Martin came to power they knew immediately that they had to clean up the mess Justin Trudeau's father – Pierre Trudeau – created to the economy. They brought in austerity and cut spending 10% straight across the board. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| clean up the mess | расхлёбывать эту кашу (Now he's gone and you guys are going to clean up the mess. Get it? ART Vancouver) |
| has clean record | не состоял, не привлекался |
| his nose is not clean in that matter | у него рыльце в пуху (VLZ_58) |
| receive a clean bill of health | проходить медицинскую комиссию (Taras) |
| receive a clean bill of health | проходить обследование (Taras) |
| receive a clean bill of health | давать добро (на использование: Simple tips to give your home a clean bill of health Taras) |
| receive a clean bill of health | получать одобрение (Taras) |
| receive a clean bill of health | проходить медкомиссию (Taras) |
| receive a clean bill of health | получить одобрение (проведённой работы: We are heartened to note that the elections received a clean bill of health from the numerous international observers – Мы с удовлетворением отмечаем, что эти выборы получили высокую оценку многочисленных международных наблюдателей Taras) |
| receive a clean bill of health | пройти проверку (на безопасность полётов: Of 30 countries inspected for airline safety only 17 received a clean bill of health – Из 30 стран, где была проведена проверка на безопасность полетов, лишь 17 прошли проверку Taras) |
| show a clean pair of heels | сверкать пятками (VLZ_58) |
| show a clean pair of heels | навострить лыжи |
| so clean you can eat off the floor | очень чисто (younenari) |
| start with a clean slate | начинать с чистой страницы (Andrey Truhachev) |
| start with a clean slate | начать новую жизнь (Andrey Truhachev) |
| start with a clean slate | начинать всё с нуля (Andrey Truhachev) |
| start with a clean slate | начинать с чистого листа (Andrey Truhachev) |
| start with a clean slate | начать всё с нуля (Andrey Truhachev) |
| start with a clean slate | начать с чистого листа (Andrey Truhachev) |
