spring cleaning

See also: springcleaning and spring-cleaning

English

spring cleaning (countable and uncountable, plural spring cleanings)

A systematic cleaning of a residence at the end of winter
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen, page 1:
  The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of white-wash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms.
(by extension) A systematic cleaning, reorganization, or weeding out of a system

systematic cleaning at the end of winter

Chinese:
Mandarin: 春季大掃除, 春季大扫除 (chūnjì dàsǎochú), 大掃除 (zh), 大扫除 (zh) (dàsǎochú)
Czech: jarní úklid m
Dutch: voorjaarsschoonmaak m
Finnish: kevätsiivous
French: nettoyage de printemps (fr) m, ménage de printemps (fr) m
German: Frühjahrsputz (de) m
Greek: ανοιξιάτικο καθάρισμα n (anoixiátiko kathárisma)
Italian: pulizie di primavera f pl
Japanese: 大掃除 (ja) (おおそうじ, ōsōji), スプリングクリーニング (supuringu kurīningu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vårrengjøring m or f, vårreingjøring m or f

Nynorsk: vårreingjering f

systematic cleaning of anything