get one's hands dirty

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

get one's hands dirty

1. (idiomatic) To get involved with the unpleasant parts, or the lowest levels, of a task.

Related terms

• dirty-handed

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: liata kätensä
• French: se salir les mains (fr)
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• German: sich die Hände schmutzig machen, sich die Finger schmutzig machen (de)
• Spanish: ensuciarse las manos, no caérsele los anillos

See also

• dirty work