clean sheets

Laundry day result

Clean sheets are fresh bed linens, newly laundered or just put on: I love the smell of clean sheets.

In football (soccer), a clean sheet is a game in which a goalkeeper or team concedes no goals: The keeper kept a clean sheet for the third match running.

The metaphor extends from the unmarked scoresheet.

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laundry · bedding · fresh linen · crisp white · shot-stopper · save · freshness · defense · football · tidiness · immaculateness · soccer · pillowcase · spotlessness · linen · neatness · hygiene · defensive wall

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Opposites
cleanliness/hygiene state

clean sheetsunmade bed

Sleeping spot left disordered

FOOTBALL/SOCCER GOALKEEPING (shutouts)

clean sheetsgoals against

Points surrendered to opponents

football/soccer goalkeeping

clean sheetsthrashings

Severe beatings or defeats

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G