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
Albertine['ælbəti:n]
TosheTO-sheMacedonian
Yevgeniyayev-GYE-nee-yah, eev-GYE-nee-yahRussian
Otmar-German, Ancient Germanic
Kumbukanikuw-mboo-KAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
Sollemnia-Late Roman