adverb phrase🎓 English idiom

loud and clear

fully audible and perfectly understood

What it means

Loud and clear means a message has been heard and understood without any confusion. It started in radio communication and is now used figuratively when someone has made their point so plainly that there's no room for doubt.

Examples

  • I hear you loud and clear — I'll have the report ready by Friday.
  • The voters sent a loud and clear message at the polls.
  • Can you hear me loud and clear on the new headset?
  • Her warning came through loud and clear: don't be late again.

Where it comes from

From mid-20th-century radio and military communications, where operators confirmed a transmission was both audible ('loud') and free of distortion ('clear').

Related idioms

#short and sweet#safe and sound#by and large#sick and tired

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