wash one's hands of the matter

wash one's hands of the matter

Wash your hands, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ǐ sh ǒ UB ù g à n, meaning to wash your hands and rest. From the story of heroes and heroines.

The origin of Idioms

In Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "villains used to do some business on the road, but later they quit and became a husband in the river works."

Idiom usage

What has been done is no longer done. These habitual thieves are hard to change their bad habits. It is impossible for them to wash their hands and repent only by moral influence. They must be punished by law.