get one's hands dirty

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Verb

1. (idiomatic) To get involved with the unpleasant parts, or the lowest levels, of a task.

Related terms

• dirty-handed

Translations

• French: se salir les mains
• German: sich die Hände schmutzig machen, sich die Finger schmutzig machen
• Spanish: ensuciarse las manos, no caérsele los anillos

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