Squeaky Clean - English idioms for advanced level students

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Squeaky Clean
English Idioms for advanced level students

1) The auditors made a thorough check on all aspects of the company and decided to give it a clean bill of health.

a) confirm it was satisfactory
b) decide it was hygienic
c) believe it was clean
d) agree it was organized

2) Now that all the problems have been sorted out he is able to go back to work with a clean slate.

a) making no more mess
b) making things clean
c) making a fresh start
d) making things up

3) After a great deal of questioning he decided to come clean and tell the truth.

a) agree
b) decide
c) admit
d) confess

4) The enquiry into allegations of fraud against the minister proved in the end that her hands were clean.

a) she was willing
b) she was busy
c) she was innocent
d) she was careful

5) With the appointment of a new director it was decided to make a clean sweep and create a new board of governors.

a) remove all obstacles
b) remove all chairs
c) remove all symbols
d) remove all problems

6) Some of the members of the board are under some suspicion but he is regarded as Mr Clean.

a) well mannered
b) trustworthy
c) punctual
d) tidy

7) I was taken to the cleaners well and truly last week: I saw the same computer for sale today at half the price I paid.

a) lost some money
b) lost a lot of money
c) lost too much money
d) lost more money

8) We tried to catch the thief who'd snatched the handbag but he showed us a clean pair of heels.

a) lost his shoes
b) fell over his shoes
c) ran away quickly
d) picked up his shoes

9) At the end of a lengthy police investigation he emerged as squeaky clean.

a) totally clean
b) totally free
c) totally tired
d) totally innocent

10) After several hours of cleaning the children had made the kitchen clean as a whistle before their parents came home.

a) spotless
b) pure
c) tidy
c) neat

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