get one's hands dirty

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

gets one's hands dirty 三单 gets one's hands dirty getting one's hands dirty got one's hands dirty gotten one's hands dirty getting one's hands dirty 现在分词 got one's hands dirty 过去式 got one's hands dirty 过去分词 gotten one's hands dirty 过去式 gotten one's hands dirty 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To get involved with the unpleasant parts of a task, such as manual labor or unethical activities.

    习语

    If you expect to seal up every possible source of draftiness, you'll have to get your hands dirty — there will be some kneeling and crawling involved.

    He doesn't get his hands dirty — that's what the henchmen and the plausible deniability are for.