give up the old business 金盆洗手

“金盆洗手”，汉语成语，指放弃以前长期从事的行业或某件事，可以翻译为“give up the old business”。也可以用“wash one's hands of something”表示，有“renounce, abandon, or distance oneself from someone or something”的意思。

 

例句：

 

让一个做坏事的人金盆洗手真的那么难吗？

Is it really so hard for a wrongdoer to wash his hands of illegal activities?

 

我在一年前就金盆洗手了。

I gave up the old business a year ago.

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