ENGLISH IDIOMS: clean up one’s act

in persian •  7 years ago 

clean up one’s act

رفتار خود را اصلاح کردن

(To start to behave in a more acceptable way.)

He had a serious drug problem, but he luckily changed his attitude, cleaned up his act, and found a well-paying job.

او مشکل جدی با مواد داشت، ولی خوش‌بختانه، رفتارش را تغییر داد، خودش را جمع‌وجور کرد، و شغل پردرآمدی پیدا کرد.

مثال دیگر:

If you want to keep your job, you have to clean up your act and start behaving more responsibly.

اگر می‌خواهید شغلتان را حفظ کنید، باید کردارتان را اصلاح کنید و مسئولانه‌تر رفتار کنید.


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example A: if you want to go out with that girl you better CLEAN UP YOU ACT and start brushing your teeth again! ;-)

example B: let's CLEAN UP YOUR ACT and go to the hairdresser for a proper haircut

example C: Sandra needs to CLEAN UP HER ACT if she wants to be friends with Aisha again!

"He is not allowed to enter the kitchen until he clean up his act."

Great ans wise post as usual, Thank you

Great idea to teach English

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The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.

You are going to have to clean up your act if you're serious about keeping your job.

Excellent post, very well articulated. thank you so much.

If you don’t clean up your act and start studying, you’ll never go to University.

i love to read your idioms

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After releasing from prison Ali cleaned up his acts and became responsible citizen.

When he got married, he is more responsible and started cleaning up one's act.

Very wise decision to get out of drug. It's not about job. It's about being responsible in the society.

After her graduation she started cleaning up one's act.

Great idea to teach english keep it up

After I got in yet another fight at school, the headmaster told me that I had to clean up my act or else I'd be expelled.

The Minister warned the press that privacy laws would be implemented unless newspapers cleaned up their act.

Useful idioms

The first thing that he did after they told him to clean up his act was to take a bath.

Very nice sir ...very usefull english...easy to learn..thank you for your hard work for us...@ghasemkiani

Try to speak the truth always.

He has thought about it carefully that it was all his fault. So, inorder to save his marriage he must first clean up his act.

'Brexit' is the European Union's chance to clean up its act.

It is time for it to clean up its own act.

Still, Pearl didn't clean up its financial act right away.

Be resposible n cleanup your acts with brothers
@ghasemkiani

Fabulous one!!!

This is helpful post one..Thanks for sharing...

it's helpful, thanks...

great words to live by....

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