A CLEAN SHEET / SLATE


Meaning of A CLEAN SHEET / SLATE in English

a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done :

No government operates with a completely clean sheet.

They kept a clean sheet in the match (= no goals were scored against them) .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.