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
Shlomo-Hebrew
Gudbrand-Norwegian, Danish
GÉRald-French
AmÁLia-Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
Ane (2)-Frisian
Wade[weid]