çekim: geçmiş wusch die Hände in Unschuld · ortaç die Hände in Unschuld gewaschen · şimdiki wäscht die Hände in Unschuld · ulaç die Hände in Unschuld waschend
köken: Literally, “to pretend to be a Greek”, of uncertain origin: * Per Katarzyna Kłosińska, from Socrates' adage “I know that I know nothing”. * Per Józef Bralczyk, from the association of Greeks with people who would not understand Polish. * Per Gościwit Malinowski, a reference to Aleksander Baliński who on impersonating a Greek build a medical career, with his poor medical advice leading to the…
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)
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)