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• get your hands dirty — If you get your hands dirty, you become involved in something where the realities might compromise your principles. It can also mean that a person is not just stuck in an ivory tower dictating strategy, but is prepared to put in the effort and… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• get your hands dirty — get (your) hands dirty informal to involve yourself in all parts of a job, including the parts that are unpleasant, or involve hard, practical work. Unlike other bosses, he s not afraid to get his hands dirty and the men like that in him …   New idioms dictionary

• get your hands dirty —    If you get your hands dirty, you become involved in something where the realities might compromise your principles. It can also mean that a person is not just stuck in an ivory tower dictating strategy, but is prepared to put in the effort and …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Get your hands dirty —   If you get your hands dirty, you become involved in something where the realities might compromise your principles …   Dictionary of English idioms

• get your hands dirty — 1) to do physical work She d never get her hands dirty helping out around the house. 2) to become involved in something dishonest …   English dictionary

• get hands dirty — get (your) hands dirty informal to involve yourself in all parts of a job, including the parts that are unpleasant, or involve hard, practical work. Unlike other bosses, he s not afraid to get his hands dirty and the men like that in him …   New idioms dictionary

• 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 hands — For other uses, see Dirty Hands (disambiguation). Dirty hands is a metaphor used in moral and political philosophy and everyday conversation to symbolize the sullying of one s moral standing by dealing with unsavory matters. The idea conveyed is… …   Wikipedia

• dirty — I UK [ˈdɜː(r)tɪ] / US [ˈdɜrtɪ] adjective Word forms dirty : adjective dirty comparative dirtier superlative dirtiest ** 1) not clean I felt dirty, hungry, and cold. diseases spread by dirty water piles of dirty washing dirty fingernails 2)… …   English dictionary