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
Combs[ku:mz]
Gurgen-Armenian, Georgian
Vasilije-Serbian
Devorah-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
LudmiŁAluwt-MEE-wahPolish
Makari-Russian (Archaic)