释义： 　　

　　clean意思是“干净的”。Come clean字面意思是“变得干净”，实际上它是“坦白承认，说出一切”的意思。 　　 　　

　　例句： 　　

　　Mom came out of the doctor's office like everything was fine. Later, I overheard her on the phone talking about going to the hospital. When she realized I'd been listening, she came clean. She admitted that she was going to need heart surgery, and didn't want me to worry. 　　

　　妈妈从诊所出来的时候看起来跟平常没什么两样。可是后来，我听到她在电话上说什么她要去住院。她发现我听到了，就索性把一切都坦白地告诉了我。她说她需要进行心脏手术，但是不想让我担心。