Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not For Burning, 1948

What, after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.

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[clean] See: [COME CLEAN], [KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN], [MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF], [NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN], [TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS] also [SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

lady-killer

[lady-killer] {n.}, {informal} 1. Any man who has strong sex appeal toward women. * /Joe is a regular lady-killer./ 2. A man who relentlessly pursues amorous conquests, is successful at […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

clean-up

[clean-up] {n.} 1. An act of removing all the dirt from a given set of objects. * /What this filthy room needs is an honest clean-up./ 2. The elimination of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lady's man

[lady's man] {n.} A man or boy who likes to be with women or girls very much and is popular with them. * /Charlie is quite a lady's man now./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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In jealousy there is more of self love than of love to another.