soil (one's) hands



soil (one's) hands

To partake in especially underhanded, illicit, or illegal work or activities. The public can't be allowed to think that I, a senate hopeful, would ever soil my hands with a tax-evasion scheme such as that.
See also: hand, soil

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zdenka-Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Czech
LeoLE-o (German, Finnish), LAY-o (Dutch), LEE-o (English)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Croatian, Late Roman
Hafsa-Arabic
Tural-Azerbaijani
Dominikadaw-mee-NEE-kah (Polish)Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
Hyman['haimən]