sully

sully (one's) hands

To partake in particularly underhanded, illicit, or illegal work or activities. The public can't be allowed to think that I, a senate hopeful, would ever sully my hands with a tax-evasion scheme such as that.

sully your hands

FORMAL

If someone sullies their hands by doing something, they do something unpleasant or wrong. He had no intention of sullying his hands by playing politics. He would not sully his hands in trade. Note: To sully something means to stain it.

See also: hand, sully

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

See also:

sully (one's) hands
sully your hands
dirty (one's) hands
dirty one's hands
get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands
soil (one's) hands
stolen fruit is (the) sweetest
stolen fruit is sweet
stolen fruit is sweetest
stolen pleasures are (the) sweetest

References in periodicals archive

And on Tuesday morning, officials issued a two-minute warning for Sully's arrival in the Rotunda.

Good boy: Sully the service dog visits Bush's casket

Later this week, Sully will return to Smithtown for the holiday season before joining the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Facilities Dog Program, to assist wounded veterans.

Loyal to the end

Truman's folksy aphorism about friends in Washington and dogs is probably apocryphal ndash the 33rd US president didn't actually like dogs ndash but he would surely have fallen for Sully's charms.ONLINE STARThe four-legged friend is already something of an online star.

Service dog accompanies late president Bush on final farewell

Sully was matched to Bush this June, at the age of two.

Sully the service dog lies by casket before Bush's last journey

It had all started in good spirits with Llanrumney loaning struggling Sully two players at the start of the match so they had the permitted 12 for the National League encounter to go ahead.

Welsh rugby match abandoned amid fighting on and off the pitch; The game was called off after 55 minutes

Sully acknowledged that were it not for all the good people who shared Leibowitz's post, Leibowitz could still be waiting for a kidney.

Need a Kidney? Take Mine

Well, after reading the script, I was trying to think, 'What was the worst thing that could have happened there?' And I said, 'We'll do that as a dream sequence to start the picture off' - just to show people what a real tragedy it could have been and, by the same token, to show how much of this went through Sully's mind.

Q&A; 60 SECONDS WITH MOVIE DIRECTOR ON NEW DVD SULLY

Now, at 86, he's burnished that theme in a new way, the fear of his own approaching irrelevance (a fear already apparent in Space Cowboys 16 years ago) rhymed with humanity's approaching irrelevance in a world of technology: Sully , defying the algorithms and indeed the rulebook, talks about feelings and the way he "eyeballed" the situation.

Film review: Sully ****

Like Hanks' Sully in the film, Sullenberger did suffer from PTSD.

The Truth About 'Sully'

In fact, the film--which, in Eastwood's typical no-fat style, runs an efficient 96 minutes--holds back on what really happened until more than an hour in, and instead opens with a vivid nightmare in which Sully imagines a far different outcome, had he followed through on his initial strategy of returning to LaGuardia Airport with practically no thrust in either engine: The dream culminates in a fiery demise for all onboard, as Flight 1549 crashes into a skyscraper.

Sully

"It will be opening in September 2016, and the first movie that is likely be screened is called Sully," a spokesperson of VOX Cinemas said.

IMAX theatres to redefine movie viewing in the Sultanate

Locals in Murray Bridge turn to Sully's during emergency times when keys are locked in houses or keys are lost.

Sully's Lock and Key Make Life Easier for Their Customers

Sully's arraignment last year in Westboro District Court.

Child rape suspect held on bail; Ex-cabbie allegedly assaulted two prostitutes, 14 and 16

Sully, arguably the most successful Welsh club of the past decade, are now playing in Division Two and were at Barry who went in first and set 262-6.

Roberts on target for Chepstow

RHOOSE .......................2 SULLY SPORTS.....0 MAN-OF-THE-MATCH Drew Fahiya scored one goal and created the other as Rhoose handed Sully Sports yet another Welsh League play-off defeat at Bryntirion Park yesterday.

Drew fires to rocket Rhoose up

词组	sully
释义	sully sully (one's) hands To partake in particularly underhanded, illicit, or illegal work or activities. The public can't be allowed to think that I, a senate hopeful, would ever sully my hands with a tax-evasion scheme such as that. See also: hand, sully Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. sully your hands FORMAL If someone sullies their hands by doing something, they do something unpleasant or wrong. He had no intention of sullying his hands by playing politics. He would not sully his hands in trade. Note: To sully something means to stain it. See also: hand, sully Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: sully (one's) hands sully your hands dirty (one's) hands dirty one's hands get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands soil (one's) hands stolen fruit is (the) sweetest stolen fruit is sweet stolen fruit is sweetest stolen pleasures are (the) sweetest References in periodicals archive And on Tuesday morning, officials issued a two-minute warning for Sully's arrival in the Rotunda. Good boy: Sully the service dog visits Bush's casket Later this week, Sully will return to Smithtown for the holiday season before joining the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Facilities Dog Program, to assist wounded veterans. Loyal to the end Truman's folksy aphorism about friends in Washington and dogs is probably apocryphal ndash the 33rd US president didn't actually like dogs ndash but he would surely have fallen for Sully's charms.ONLINE STARThe four-legged friend is already something of an online star. Service dog accompanies late president Bush on final farewell Sully was matched to Bush this June, at the age of two. Sully the service dog lies by casket before Bush's last journey It had all started in good spirits with Llanrumney loaning struggling Sully two players at the start of the match so they had the permitted 12 for the National League encounter to go ahead. Welsh rugby match abandoned amid fighting on and off the pitch; The game was called off after 55 minutes Sully acknowledged that were it not for all the good people who shared Leibowitz's post, Leibowitz could still be waiting for a kidney. Need a Kidney? Take Mine Well, after reading the script, I was trying to think, 'What was the worst thing that could have happened there?' And I said, 'We'll do that as a dream sequence to start the picture off' - just to show people what a real tragedy it could have been and, by the same token, to show how much of this went through Sully's mind. Q&A; 60 SECONDS WITH MOVIE DIRECTOR ON NEW DVD SULLY Now, at 86, he's burnished that theme in a new way, the fear of his own approaching irrelevance (a fear already apparent in Space Cowboys 16 years ago) rhymed with humanity's approaching irrelevance in a world of technology: Sully , defying the algorithms and indeed the rulebook, talks about feelings and the way he "eyeballed" the situation. Film review: Sully **** Like Hanks' Sully in the film, Sullenberger did suffer from PTSD. The Truth About 'Sully' In fact, the film--which, in Eastwood's typical no-fat style, runs an efficient 96 minutes--holds back on what really happened until more than an hour in, and instead opens with a vivid nightmare in which Sully imagines a far different outcome, had he followed through on his initial strategy of returning to LaGuardia Airport with practically no thrust in either engine: The dream culminates in a fiery demise for all onboard, as Flight 1549 crashes into a skyscraper. Sully "It will be opening in September 2016, and the first movie that is likely be screened is called Sully," a spokesperson of VOX Cinemas said. IMAX theatres to redefine movie viewing in the Sultanate Locals in Murray Bridge turn to Sully's during emergency times when keys are locked in houses or keys are lost. Sully's Lock and Key Make Life Easier for Their Customers Sully's arraignment last year in Westboro District Court. Child rape suspect held on bail; Ex-cabbie allegedly assaulted two prostitutes, 14 and 16 Sully, arguably the most successful Welsh club of the past decade, are now playing in Division Two and were at Barry who went in first and set 262-6. Roberts on target for Chepstow RHOOSE .......................2 SULLY SPORTS.....0 MAN-OF-THE-MATCH Drew Fahiya scored one goal and created the other as Rhoose handed Sully Sports yet another Welsh League play-off defeat at Bryntirion Park yesterday. Drew fires to rocket Rhoose up
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