Keep your nose clean不是“保持鼻子干净”吗？那是什么？

“互联网+”时代学习英语，遇到“不懂”的就动手查查字典，尤其是英英字典，这是我们学习英语必备的英语能力之一。也就是我们既学会了一句英语(英语意思)，又锻炼了使用字典解决问题的能力。

在特定语言环境下，当然不能按照字面理解Keep your nose clean的含义，那么它是什么意思，我们动手查查英英字典就一目了然。

1) Yahoo keep your nose clean

英英字典1：

to avoid getting into trouble

现在我们把英语keep your nose clean替换成学过的avoid getting into trouble它的意思一目了然了。

Okay.Keep your nose clean is to avoid getting into trouble.

这是第一种用词：avoid getting into

英英字典2：

To stay out of trouble,to keep out of trouble,especially trouble with law.

这是第二种用词：stay out of,keep out of

而且是trouble with law,meaning don't break the law,like stealing something.

现在，我们用英语回答了前面的问题：什么意思？

2) 英语口语练习：Okay.I got you.

1. Okay.I got you.If people say keep your nose clean,they mean Stay out of trouble,or keep out of trouble,or avoid getting=running into trouble,especially trouble with breaking the law.

2.Okay.I got you.To keep your nose clean means to stay out of trouble.I got it.

最后，我们用一些例子巩固一下。

3) Examples

1. You better keep your nose clean, boy, or you're going to run into trouble you can't handle.

2. I'm trying to keep my nose clean by staying away from those rough guys. 

3.I'd only been out of prison three months, so I was trying to keep my nose clean.

我们通过学习英语keep your nose clean，获得的是用英语记住英语keep nose clean的能力，而不是仅仅为了“懂得”它的中文意思。