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If you "get your hands dirty" figuratively, you're willing to do the work yourself.
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What does the idiom putting their hands in their pockets mean?
This is not an idiom. It means exactly what it says -- someone is putting their hands into their pockets.
What is the meaning of the idiom get your hands dirty?
To "get ones hands dirty" can mean: 1) to get involved in the details of something (such as a process, design, creation, or other often cooperative venture); 2) to get personally involved in some unsavory venture (often used when certain people, such as politicians, send others to "do the dirty work" of war, assassinations, etc., because they don't want to "get their hands dirty")
What does the idiom don't like to get your hands dirty mean?
It means that the person doesn't want to take the responsibility for doing something unpleasant themselves, but gets someone else to do it.
What does the idiom se mouiller mean in French?
'se mouiller' means literally 'to get wet /soaked'. As an idiom, it means "to get involved by taking (some) responsibility'. You would use 'to get one's hands dirty' as an equivalent in English.
What does it mean to get his hands dirty?
To get your hands dirty means to do a job in all way including the unpleasant parts
What does the idiom your are tied mean?
Nothing. You have left out part of the idiom. Perhaps you mean "your hands are tied," which means that you have no power to do anything in a given situation.
What does the idiom to have ones hands full mean?
If you have your hands full, you can't do anything else with them, can you? This idiom means that you're overloaded and don't have time or ability to do anything else.
What is a grimy mitt?
The word mitts refers to hands. Grimy mitts are dirty hands.
What does this mean your grandfathers hands are roadmaps of wrinkles roadmaps?
is it dirty
A boy has dirty hands and asks you to get his cellphone out of his pocket when clearly he could have done this himself before he got his hands dirty what does this mean?
maybe he likes you?......
What does it mean to get your hands dirty?
Dig in, work hard, and get the job done!
What does the idiom plant the feet and hands mean?
Nothing. You may be thinking of the idiom "plant your feet," which gives you the image of your feet rooted in the ground so you don't move.
