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单词 get one's hands dirty (or dirty one's hands)
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get one's hands dirty (or dirty one's hands)

1Do manual, menial, or other hard work.And those who do have jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber are more likely than anywhere else to be getting their hands dirty in manual or semi-skilled jobs....
  • People think that if you go straight into football you don't appreciate finishing early, that you don't have to get your hands dirty or work hard.
  • I never forgot where I'd come from, and I was never too good that I couldn't get my hands dirty and do menial jobs.
1.1 informal Become involved in dishonest or dishonourable activity.Have there been trends where you feel like you're getting your hands dirty by even involving yourself?...
  • We weren't even sure whether we wanted to get involved, get our hands dirty with politics.
  • Elections are a dirty business, and Brown makes no apology for getting his hands dirty.
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