| 单词 | dirty one's hands |
| 释义 | dirty one's handsAlso, get one's hands dirty or soil one's hands. Do something shameful or illegal. For example, He refused to dirty his hands and give jobs to the big campaign donors, or Getting one's hands dirty by lying to the boss will be severely punished, or She would not soil her hands by cheating. This expression is a metaphor for literally defiling or soiling oneself. [Mid-1600s] Words nearby dirty one's handsdirty joke, dirty linen, dirty look, give a, dirty-minded, dirty old man, dirty one's hands, dirty pool, dirty realism, dirty rice, dirty trick, dirty tricks The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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