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pure luck

just luck, not skill or talent Hank won the fishing contest, but it was pure luck, not skill.

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pure and simple

simply stated；basic简而言之；根本的
That's the truth pure and simple．这是不折不扣的真理。
The problem， pure and simple，is finding a babysitter．根本的问题是要找个临时照看婴儿的人。

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pure and simple|pure|simple

adj. Simply stated; basic. Follows the noun it modifies and is used for emphasis. The problem, pure and simple, is finding a baby-sitter. The question, pure and simple, is whether you will support me.
Compare: BOIL DOWN³.

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pure as the driven snow

pure as the driven snow
Morally unsullied, chaste, as in She's just sixteen and pure as the driven snow. This simile dates from the late 1500s, although driven, which means “carried by the wind into drifts,” was occasionally omitted. It is heard less often today.

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simon pure

simon pure
Absolutely genuine, quite authentic, as in That laboratory test was simon pure; none of the specimens was adulterated. This expression comes from the name of a character in a play, Susannah Centilivre's A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717), who is the victim of an impersonation but turns up in the end and proves that he is “the real Simon Pure.”