| start with a clean slate | начать с чистого листа (start (off) with a clean slate and start (over) with a clean slate. Fig. to start out again afresh; to ignore the past and start over again. I plowed under all last year's flowers so I could start with a clean slate next spring. If I start off with a clean slate, then I'll know exactly what each plant is. When Bob got out of jail, he started over with a clean slate. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 Alexander Demidov) |
