Idiom
have blood on one's hands
Meaning
To be responsible for a violent act.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The criminal has blood on his hands after the robbery.”
“The general refused to accept the peace treaty because he knew he had blood on his hands from the war.”
“Although he claimed to be a man of peace, the dictator could not hide the fact that he had blood on his hands from the recent uprising.”
Examples
simple
“The criminal has blood on his hands after the robbery.”
contextual
“The general refused to accept the peace treaty because he knew he had blood on his hands from the war.”
complex
“Although he claimed to be a man of peace, the dictator could not hide the fact that he had blood on his hands from the recent uprising.”
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