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warts and all без прикрас; не скрывая недостатки M E A N I N G : with all its faults as well as its good points Tell me what your new house is like, warts and all. ORIGIN: This comes from the instruction by Oliver Cromwell to the painter, Sir Peter Lely, to paint a true likeness of him with all his prominent warts. wash your hands of something умывать руки M E A N I N G : to remove or distance yourself from a matter completely; to leave it to other people to do I should imagine he couldn’t wait to wash his hands of the whole project. ORIGIN: This expression comes from the Bible (Matthew, 27:24). Pontius Pilate, a Roman official in Judea, announced that he could not save Jesus from being executed. He then washed his hands right in front of a crowd of people, saying that he was not guilty of Jesus’ death. When you wash your hands of something, you’re just saying that it’s not your responsibility, or you don’t want to be involved further. well heeled хорошо упакованный (богатый) M E A N I N G : to be wealthy or prosperous You need to be well heeled to be able to afford to stay in this hotel. ORIGIN: The allusion is to the state of repair of your shoes. Compare this with the opposite “down at heel.”
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