Meanings
verbhave blood on one's hands (third-person singular simple present has blood on one's hands, present participle having blood on one's hands, simple past and past participle had blood on one's hands)
present singular third person has blood on one's hands · participle present having blood on one's hands · participle past had blood on one's hands · past had blood on one's hands
- idiomaticoftensarcasticTo be responsible for a violent act.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 負有血債 /负有血债
- 負有血債 /负有血债 (fùyǒu xuèzhài)be responsible for a violent act
Dutch bloed aan zijn handen hebben
- bloed aan zijn handen hebbenbe responsible for a violent act
Finnish olla verta käsissään
- olla verta käsissäänbe responsible for a violent act
French avoir du sang sur les mains
- avoir du sang sur les mainsbe responsible for a violent act
Norwegian Bokmål ha blod på hendene
- ha blod på hendenebe responsible for a violent act
Polish mieć krew na rękach
- mieć krew na rękachbe responsible for a violent act
Portuguese ter sangue nas mãos
- ter sangue nas mãosbe responsible for a violent act
Swedish ha blod på sina händer
- ha blod på sina händerbe responsible for a violent act
Turkish ellerinde kan olmak
- ellerinde kan olmakbe responsible for a violent act
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APA
have blood on one's hands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20blood%20on%20one's%20hands
MLA
“have blood on one's hands.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20blood%20on%20one's%20hands. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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