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22:08 Mar 9, 2006 |
Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Folklore | |||||
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| Selected response from: Henry Schroeder United States Local time: 17:25 | ||||
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рыльце в пушку unclean hands Explanation: unclean hands n. a legal doctrine which is a defense to a complaint, which states that a party who is asking for a judgment cannot have the help of the court if he/she has done anything unethical in relation to the subject of the lawsuit. Thus, if a defendant can show the plaintiff had "unclean hands," the plaintiff's complaint will be dismissed or the plaintiff will be denied judgment. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Unclean hands -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-09 23:49:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- While possessing a legal power, in common speech this expression means "be mixed up in the affair". And the fact of beeing a legal term secures its unifom understanding anywhere... |
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