VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Whiter than white

Meaning:

said about someone who is totally fair and honest.

Examples:

  • Germany's history has not been whiter than white, I think you might agree.
  • On the question of lobbies, I do not think we can claim to be whiter than white here.
  • There is no need for it to be met with mistrust, greeted with premature praise, or declared to be whiter than white.
  • My next point is that we have a tendency to present ourselves as whiter than white and, above all, as whiter than the others.
  • Even if these are one-man parties and act as a one-man operation, seeking to portray themselves as whiter than white, these parties and persons must demonstrate the requisite level of transparency.
  • We have one set of rules for ourselves, and we are far from whiter than white, and we have another set of rules for applicant countries and we expect everything of them which we ourselves fail to deliver.