to not want to have anything to do with, wash one's hands of
çekim: geçmiş me desentendí · ortaç desentendido · şimdiki se desentiende
to wash one's hands
çekim: geçmiş lavàtosene le mani · ortaç lavàtosene le mani
eş: fregarsene
köken: Literally, “to wash the hands of it”. Compare French se laver les mains.
🔊 «Non lo chieda a me», disse Occhi-di-Gufo lavandosene le mani dell'intera faccenda.
устраняться от участия в каком-либо деле, прекращать участие в чём-либо, снимать с себя ответственность за что-либо
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lavar, as, mãos. · to wash one's hands of
çekim: geçmiş lavei as mãos · ortaç lavado as mãos · şimdiki lava as mãos
köken: Literally, “to wash one's hands”.
to wash one's hands of
köken: From The Bible's account of Pontius Pilate washing his hands and refusing to condemn Jesus. Matthew Ch.27:24.
Japonca 🔊 手を引く /te̞ o̞ çi̥kɯ̟/ to lead by the hand · to withdraw; to pull out (from a deal, an association)
çekim: geçmiş 手を引いた
köken: 手(て) (te, “hand”) + を (o, object marker) + 引(ひ)く (hiku, “to pull”)
🔊 会社はプロジェクトから手を引いた。
to wash one's hands (to absolve oneself of responsibility)
çekim: geçmiş tvådde sina händer
köken: From Matthew 27:24
🔊 Pilatus tvådde sina händer och sa: »Jag är oskyldig till den här mannens blod.«
🔊 [Hägglund säger] att reglerna kan behöva ändras. – Vi som regering ska inte två våra händer.
🔊 Den svenska regeringen [...] tvår sina händer.
to wash one's hands
köken: Biblical, from the account of Pontius Pilate washing his hands and refusing to condemn Jesus. Matthew 27:24.
to wash one's hands · to wash one's hands [with elative ‘of’] (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with)
köken: Literally, “to wash one's hands”
to wash one's hands of (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for, to refuse to have any further involvement with; the matter in question can be expressed with kapcsán or ügyében, among others)
köken: mos (“to wash”) + -ja (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + kéz (“hand”) + -ei (multiple-possession possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally: “to wash one's hands”.
to wash one's hands of someone
köken: Literally, “to let one sail one's sea”.
🔊 Látum hann bara sigla sinn sjó.
to wash one's hands of (absolve oneself of responsibility or blame)
köken: From mag- + hugas-kamay.
wash one's hands of · to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for
köken: From చేతులు (cētulu) + కడుగుకొను (kaḍugukonu).