英语词源
wash one’s hands of something推卸对……的责任
该短语指推卸一切责任。如：
I wash my hands of the whole affair. If you want to be involved further, then that’s up to you.
这与我无关。如果你想深陷其中，那是你的事。
这一表达源自“钦定版”《圣经》中《马太福音》第27章第24节：
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
彼拉多见说也无济于事，反要生乱，就拿水在众人面前洗手，说，流这义人的血，罪不在我，你们承当吧。
本丢·彼拉多通过洗手以示自己与百姓的意愿相背，并不愿意把耶稣送上刑架。
——摘自《单词的历史：英语词源漫谈》
