Mr Hamidi's enemies, most of them businessmen offended by his cleaning-up exercises, called him a puppet of the Karzais, their dog on a leash.

哈米迪的政府内肃清运动为他招来众，其中数是商业大亨，他们称哈米迪为卡扎伊家族的傀儡、拴着链子的走狗。

Cleaning house can also mean to wipe out corruption or inefficiency.

清理门户也可以指肃清腐败或效率低下的行为。

The rebellion has been crushed, but mopping-up operations may take several weeks.

【mop】叛军已被粉碎，但肃清行动可能还要几星期。

The country's top internet regulator said the feature, along with other rules on user accounts, would allow social media platforms to combat disinformation and clean up cyberspace.

中国最高互联网监管机构表示，该功能以及其他关于用户账户的规则将允许社交媒体平台打击虚假信息并肃清网络空间。

That might be a way forward if Pope Francis struggles with his clean-up in Rome. Here in Britain we might acclaim Margaret Sinclair.

如果教皇方济各能够继在罗马的肃清工作，那么一定会取得一定的进步。在英国，我们应该称赞Margaret Sinclair。

On the military side, more than 40 percent of senior officers have been purged or replaced, as well.

军队高层员中也有40%的官员被肃清或撤换。

During his campaign for governor of New York in 2010, Andrew Cuomo vowed to clean up Albany.

2010年，在他竞选纽约州州长的期间内，安德鲁发誓要肃清奥尔巴尼。

Here's an example for that situation: The city official in charge of education reform made cleaning house on corruption and waste the first item on his to-do list.

下面是该种情形的一例子：负责教育改革的市政官员将肃清腐败和浪费作为其任务清单的首项内容。