英语词汇“to have clean hands”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. Phrases (figurative): clean bill of health: see bill of health n. at bill n.³ Compounds 1; to have clean hands, to keep the hands clean: to be innocent of wrongdoing; to keep a clean tongue: to abstain from offensive or foul talk; to make a clean breast: see Phrases; to show a clean pair of heels: see show v. Phrases 1a; to make a clean job (of it): to do (something) thoroughly (colloquial); to come clean (originally U.S.): to confess, to make a clean breast of it (colloquial).

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society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > be innocent [verb (intransitive)] > be innocent of wrongdoing

to keep the hands clean1600

to have clean hands1876

society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > be modest [verb (intransitive)] > abstain from foul talk

to keep a clean tongue1830

the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > certificate or declaration of

patent1609

clean bill of health1854

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] > do thoroughly

to make a clean job (of it)1892

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > confess

subscribea1616

confess to1771

own1772

admit1830

to make a clean breast of1838

fess1840

to own up1844

to spit it out1855

to make a clean breast of it1878

cough1901

to come clean1919

to spill one's guts (out)1927

tell papa1929

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 388 From which I would that our countrymen..would keepe their hands cleane.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 108 Harry Smith had best show a clean pair of heels for it.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Oct. 521 Let them keep a clean tongue on the subject of republicanism.

1854 G. B. Richardson Univ. Code v. 963 Have you a clean bill of health?

1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §2. 766 It was true that the hands of the Governor-General were clean.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. xii. 256 Your husband..will show them a clean pair of heels off the Nore.

1884 T. H. Gore in Law Times 8 Nov. 29/1 He did not go into court with clean hands.

1892 ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi II. 50 That may be Mithras's notion of making a clean job of it, but it ain't mine!

1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear ii. iii. 203 And looked with the deepest respect at the man who had the reputation for making what they called a ‘clean job’.

1919 C. H. Darling Jargon Bk. 8 Come clean, to confess everything.

1925 P. G. Wodehouse Sam the Sudden xiii. 95 You'd best come clean, Soapy, and have a showdown.

1928 Daily Express 10 Oct. 6 Spill the beans. Come clean on the whole game.

1958 Listener 2 Oct. 514/1 Why not come clean and call ‘graduated unemployment compensation’ the national dividend?

1959 J. Cary Captive & Free 28 I was wasting my time, because you kept dodging. You never come clean.

b. clean hands: freedom from wrongdoing; innocence; moral or ethical integrity. Frequently in to have clean hands. Cf. clean adj. 3g.

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OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxvi. 489 Heora mod wæs hluttor & mid clænnysse afylled, & hi mid clænum handum gode ælmihtigum æt his weofode þenodon.

OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) lxxxi. 417 Beatus est qui..crucem christi..sequitur puris manibus et candido pectore : eadig ys se þe..rode cristes folgaþ mid clænum handum & mid hwitum breoste.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xvii. 9 The riȝtwis shal holden his weie, and with clene hondis [L. mundis manibus] adde strengthe.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 235 (MED) Makyth clene ȝoure handys, þat is, ȝoure werkys.

1539 Bible (Great) Psalms xxiv. 4 He that hath cleane handes and a pure hert.

1647 G. Wither Amygdala Britannica 6/1 When, you shall heare your Pipers play till none will either dance, or pay; Or, till among you doth begin A second bloodie matachin; Then, will clean hands, and honest hearts, Besteed you more, then Irish darts.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 19 May (1974) VIII. 222 My Lord Treasurer..is said to die with the cleanest hands that ever any Lord Treasurer did.

1734 Gentleman's Mag. May 255/2 The Business of these several Offices, has not been executed with more Address or cleaner Hands, than when manag'd by single Persons.

1778 E. Apthorp Lett. Prevalence Christianity 360 To reap the benefit of the mysteries, he ought to have clean hands, and a pure mind.

1896 Morley in Liberal Mag. Dec. 495 You would go..into the councils of Europe with clean hands.

1965 J. Stone Human Law & Human Justice iii. 101 There may be instanced the bonae fidei action of the Roman law, the principles of ‘good faith’ and ‘clean hands’.

2001 Time 22 Oct. 54/1 It's fair to say that no group in the region—including Pakistan's government—has clean hands. We're not in Kansas.

单词	to have clean hands
释义	> as lemmas to have clean hands g. Phrases (figurative): clean bill of health: see bill of health n. at bill n.³ Compounds 1; to have clean hands, to keep the hands clean: to be innocent of wrongdoing; to keep a clean tongue: to abstain from offensive or foul talk; to make a clean breast: see Phrases; to show a clean pair of heels: see show v. Phrases 1a; to make a clean job (of it): to do (something) thoroughly (colloquial); to come clean (originally U.S.): to confess, to make a clean breast of it (colloquial). ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > be innocent [verb (intransitive)] > be innocent of wrongdoing to keep the hands clean1600 to have clean hands1876 society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > be modest [verb (intransitive)] > abstain from foul talk to keep a clean tongue1830 the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > certificate or declaration of patent1609 clean bill of health1854 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] > do thoroughly to make a clean job (of it)1892 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > confess subscribea1616 confess to1771 own1772 admit1830 to make a clean breast of1838 fess1840 to own up1844 to spit it out1855 to make a clean breast of it1878 cough1901 to come clean1919 to spill one's guts (out)1927 tell papa1929 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 388 From which I would that our countrymen..would keepe their hands cleane. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 108 Harry Smith had best show a clean pair of heels for it. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Oct. 521 Let them keep a clean tongue on the subject of republicanism. 1854 G. B. Richardson Univ. Code v. 963 Have you a clean bill of health? 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §2. 766 It was true that the hands of the Governor-General were clean. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. xii. 256 Your husband..will show them a clean pair of heels off the Nore. 1884 T. H. Gore in Law Times 8 Nov. 29/1 He did not go into court with clean hands. 1892 ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi II. 50 That may be Mithras's notion of making a clean job of it, but it ain't mine! 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear ii. iii. 203 And looked with the deepest respect at the man who had the reputation for making what they called a ‘clean job’. 1919 C. H. Darling Jargon Bk. 8 Come clean, to confess everything. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Sam the Sudden xiii. 95 You'd best come clean, Soapy, and have a showdown. 1928 Daily Express 10 Oct. 6 Spill the beans. Come clean on the whole game. 1958 Listener 2 Oct. 514/1 Why not come clean and call ‘graduated unemployment compensation’ the national dividend? 1959 J. Cary Captive & Free 28 I was wasting my time, because you kept dodging. You never come clean. extracted from cleanadj. to have clean hands b. clean hands: freedom from wrongdoing; innocence; moral or ethical integrity. Frequently in to have clean hands. Cf. clean adj. 3g. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxvi. 489 Heora mod wæs hluttor & mid clænnysse afylled, & hi mid clænum handum gode ælmihtigum æt his weofode þenodon. OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) lxxxi. 417 Beatus est qui..crucem christi..sequitur puris manibus et candido pectore : eadig ys se þe..rode cristes folgaþ mid clænum handum & mid hwitum breoste. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xvii. 9 The riȝtwis shal holden his weie, and with clene hondis [L. mundis manibus] adde strengthe. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 235 (MED) Makyth clene ȝoure handys, þat is, ȝoure werkys. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms xxiv. 4 He that hath cleane handes and a pure hert. 1647 G. Wither Amygdala Britannica 6/1 When, you shall heare your Pipers play till none will either dance, or pay; Or, till among you doth begin A second bloodie matachin; Then, will clean hands, and honest hearts, Besteed you more, then Irish darts. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 19 May (1974) VIII. 222 My Lord Treasurer..is said to die with the cleanest hands that ever any Lord Treasurer did. 1734 Gentleman's Mag. May 255/2 The Business of these several Offices, has not been executed with more Address or cleaner Hands, than when manag'd by single Persons. 1778 E. Apthorp Lett. Prevalence Christianity 360 To reap the benefit of the mysteries, he ought to have clean hands, and a pure mind. 1896 Morley in Liberal Mag. Dec. 495 You would go..into the councils of Europe with clean hands. 1965 J. Stone Human Law & Human Justice iii. 101 There may be instanced the bonae fidei action of the Roman law, the principles of ‘good faith’ and ‘clean hands’. 2001 Time 22 Oct. 54/1 It's fair to say that no group in the region—including Pakistan's government—has clean hands. We're not in Kansas. extracted from handn. < as lemmas
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