英和和英

名詞

clean break (複数形 clean breaks)

1. (idiomatic) The complete termination of a relationship, or exit from a situation.

   He decided to make a clean break with his employer.

   I'm ready for a clean break with my ex-girlfriend.

   • 1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, pages 4–5:

     How bitter it is to be slowly separated from great friends! Far better make a clean break and remain in solitude—the natural climate for man.