the coast is clear

the coast is clear

English

Phrase

the coast is clear

1. (idiomatic) There is no danger; one can freely pass through a region without risk of discovery.

   Wait there, watch the back of the building, and whistle when the coast is clear.

   • 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Terrible (Grosset & Dunlap), p. 222

     Seeing that the coast was clear, Tarzan stepped into the darkened entrance […]

Translations

there is no danger

Chinese: Mandarin: 没有危险 Finnish: reitti selvä, reitti on selvä German: die Luft ist rein Hungarian: tiszta a levegő Italian: via libera, nessun pericolo in vista Polish: czysto (pl) Portuguese: a barra está limpa Spanish: no hay moros en la costa