dirty one's hands

dirty one's hands
(dirty (или soil) one's hands (on smb. или with smth.))
унизить себя, замарать руки (чем-л.)

What do you think, then? That I would not soil my hands with killing such canaille as that man Cassetti? Well, perhaps you are right. (A. Christie, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’, part II, ch. XV) — Вы ведь считаете, что мне не следует марать руки убийством такого мерзавца, как Кассетти? что ж, возможно, вы и правы.

...Smith kept up a constant demand for emigrants not afraid of soiling their hands... (Ch. Beard and M. Beard, ‘The Rise of American Civilization’, ch. I) — ...Смиту все время были нужны эмигранты, которые не боялись замарать руки физической работой...


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • dirty\ one's\ hands — • dirty one s hands • soil one s hands v. phr. To lower or hurt one s character or good name; do a bad or shameful thing. The teacher warned the children not to dirty their hands by cheating in the examination. I would not soil my hands by going… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • dirty one's hands — or[soil one s hands] {v. phr.} To lower or hurt one s character or good name; do a bad or shameful thing. * /The teacher warned the children not to dirty their hands by cheating in the examination./ * /I would not soil my hands by going with bad… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • dirty one's hands — or[soil one s hands] {v. phr.} To lower or hurt one s character or good name; do a bad or shameful thing. * /The teacher warned the children not to dirty their hands by cheating in the examination./ * /I would not soil my hands by going with bad… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • dirty one's hands — ► get one s hands dirty (or dirty one s hands) do manual, menial, or other hard work. Main Entry: ↑dirty …   English terms dictionary

  • dirty one's hands — phrasal : to sully one s moral uprightness or good reputation a man who had never dirtied his hands with political intrigue Bruce Marshall …   Useful english dictionary

  • get one's hands dirty (or dirty one's hands) — do manual, menial, or other hard work. → dirty …   English new terms dictionary

  • soil\ one's\ hands — • dirty one s hands • soil one s hands v. phr. To lower or hurt one s character or good name; do a bad or shameful thing. The teacher warned the children not to dirty their hands by cheating in the examination. I would not soil my hands by going… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • soil one's hands — See: DIRTY ONE S HANDS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • soil one's hands — See: DIRTY ONE S HANDS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get one's hands dirty — ► get one s hands dirty (or dirty one s hands) do manual, menial, or other hard work. Main Entry: ↑dirty …   English terms dictionary

  • dirty — ► ADJECTIVE (dirtier, dirtiest) 1) covered or marked with dirt; not clean. 2) lewd; obscene. 3) dishonest; dishonourable. 4) (of weather) rough and unpleasant. ► ADVERB Brit. informal ▪ used for emphasis: a …   English terms dictionary


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