«WASH ONE'S HANDS OF» İLE İLİŞKİLİ İNGILIZCE KİTAPLAR
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Cognitive Linguistics and Non-Indo-European Languages
ba`-sho ̆u (cease-hand) 'give up; stop' diu ̄-sho ̆u (toss-hand) 'wash one's
hands of; give up' lia`o-sho ̆u (put/throw.down-hand) 'lay aside what one is
doing; quit; throw up (one's job)' sa ̄-sho ̆u (cast-hand) 'refuse to have anything
...
Eugene H. Casad, Gary B. Palmer, 2003
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English-Albanian Dictionary
of Idioms
... he mentioned a lot of things which should have been kept private; one shouldn'
t wash one's dirty linen in public. □ // was a timely spur to Soames 's intense and
rooted distaste for the washing of dirty linen in public. wash one's hands of i laj ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary
of Idioms, Second Edition
... wash one's hands of Refuse to accept responsibility for; abandon or renounce.
For example, I've done all I can for him, and now I'm washing my hands of him.
This expression alludes to Pontius Pilate's washing his hands before having ...
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The Role
of Dictionary Use in the Comprehension
of Idiom ...
O'\ 4) wash one's hands of sth LDOCE3 to refuse to be responsible for something
anymore: l've washed my hands of the whole affair. OALD5 to refuse to be
responsible for or involved with sb/sth: l've washed my hands of the whole sordid
...
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Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use
of ...
The well-known phrase to wash one's hands of a thing, 'to decline all further
responsibility for it, to refuse to have anything more to do with it', is of course
based on the symbolical act of Pilate, narrated in Matthew XXVII, 24: "When
Pilate saw ...
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Glossaries
Of Americanisms V
Refusal. v. To nill; grudge; begrudge; to forswear. phr. Not to hear of; to turn a
deaf ear to; to shake the head; to send to the right about; to hang fire; to wash
one's hands of; to have nothing to do with; being out of the question; not for the
world; ...
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
2 [usu. foll. by with] accompany or follow (food) with a drink. washed out 1 faded.
2 pale. 3 colloq. limp; enfeebled. washed up sl. defeated, having failed. wash
one's hands of renounce responsibility for. wash-out 11. 1 colloq. fiasco;
complete ...
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A Complete Dictionary
of Synonyms and Antonyms...: With an ...
RefUsal* v. To nill; grudge; begrudge; to forswear. phr. Not to near of; to turn a
deaf ear to; to shake the head; to send to the right about; to hang flie; to wash
one's hands of; to have nothing to do with; being out of the question; not for the
world; ...
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The New Thesaurus
of English Words and Phrases Classified ...
782; wash one's hands of; drop all idea of. break -, leave- off; desist; stop &C. (
cease) 142; hold -, stay- one's hand; quit one's hold; give over, shut up shop.
throw up the -game, - cards; give up the -point, - argument; pass to the order of
the day, ...
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson, Peter Mark Roget, 1911
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A Dictionary
of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To wash one's hands of something (APP 170; ODEP 868; EAP 197; MP 285)
1839 my hands were now washed of the business. (p. 144) The Journal of
William Charles Macready 1832-1851, ed. J. C. Trewin. Carbondale: Southern
Illinois ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
