loud and clear

Idioms  

1. Easily audible and understandable. For example, They told us, loud and clear, what to do in an emergency, or You needn't repeat it—I hear you loud and clear. This expression gained currency in the military during World War II to acknowledge radio messages (I read you loud and clear) although it originated in the late 1800s.

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Example Sentences

Loud and clear, Rex keeps saying the Jets are going to win the .

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2011

Loud and clear rang the metrical psalms and hymns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Loud and clear boomed the roar of that fatal cannon shot amid the rattle of musketry.

From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by Lespérance, John

Loud and clear, it sweeps anear, to what a torrent it is grown!

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

"Loud and clear," he said absently. "... minus two minutes ... mark!"

From Sound of Terror by Berry, Don