“To lead someone out onto clean water.”

Вивести на чисту воду. Vyvesty na chystu vodu

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“To expose someone.”

also: “To show everyone what they really are.” · “To catch someone out.”

📖 Meaning: To reveal that someone has been lying or cheating.
💡 Why it's funny: It sounds like a gentle boating excursion rather than the public destruction of someone's reputation.
🧭 Closest English idiom: “To blow the whistle on someone.”
📝 Explanation: Used about exposing a liar, a bad contractor or a colleague taking credit for others' work. Carries a note of satisfaction.

🧠 Learn

expose (verb) — to make someone's dishonest behaviour public — викрити “The article exposed the whole scheme.”
catch someone out (phrase) — to discover that someone is lying — спіймати на брехні “He was caught out by his own emails.”

🗣 In context

Рано чи пізно його виведуть на чисту воду.

Sooner or later someone will expose him.

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Questions people ask

What does “To lead someone out onto clean water.” mean?

To reveal that someone has been lying or cheating.

How do you say «Вивести на чисту воду.» in English?

Naturally: “To expose someone.”. The closest English idiom is “To blow the whistle on someone.”.