clean as a whistle

idiom

informal

: very clean

We scrubbed the old boat until it was (as) clean as a whistle.

Examples of clean as a whistle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This feels like it was developed for triple-sec, the clear type of orange liqueur, that comes with a pure orange flavor and makes a Jasmine that’s as clean as a whistle. —Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2024

As McGregor mentioned, Sterling’s face was as clean as a whistle after the fight, but Cejudo had several knots and swellings that appeared to tell a story. —Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 May 2023

Sometimes, these baths even offer treatments that are aimed at getting visitors clean as a whistle. —Richard Quest, CNN, 8 May 2023

As McGregor mentioned, Sterling’s face was as clean as a whistle after the fight, but Cejudo had several knots and swellings that appeared to tell a story. —Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 May 2023

Sure enough, my colon was clean as a whistle, with no sign of a problem anywhere. —Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2021

Shop Amazon's top-selling window blind duster brush below to have your treatments as clean as a whistle. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021

That land clean as a whistle now. —Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020

Rhymes for clean as a whistle

• abyssal
• dismissal
• epistle
• bristle
• fissile
• gristle
• missal
• missile
• nissl
• thistle