John Ray, 1670

Wash your hands often, your feet seldom, and your head never.

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wash one's hands of

[wash one's hands of] {v. phr.} To withdraw from or refuse to be responsible for. * /We washed our hands of politics long ago./ * /The school washed its hands […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

foot

[foot] See: [AT ONE'S FEET], [COLD FEET], [DEAD ON ONE'S FEET], [DRAG ONE'S FEET], [FROM HEAD TO FOOT], [GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT], [GET ONE'S FEET WET], [HAND AND […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hand

[hand] See: [AT HAND], [BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH], [BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE], [CLEAN HANDS], [DIRTY ONE'S HANDS], [EAT OUT OF ONE'S HAND], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

умывать руки

[умывать руки] {v. phr.} {literary} [umy`vat' `ruki] {literally} to wash one's hands. To divest oneself of any further connection with or responsibility for smt.; to abandon the matter entirely. To […] Using "A book of Russian idioms illustrated" by M. Dubrovin, illustrated by V.Tilman

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