Рука

Two questions about pука (while Spanish team is preparing to win the World Cup :flazhok: ). They deal with uses of word pука.
1) держать себя в руках: means to autocontrol, to contain oneself?
2) умыть руки : to wash one's hands, has in Spanish two meanings: the proper and literal and other: not to want to implicate oneself in something, like Pontius Pilatus did. It has also in Russian these two meanings? Or just the literal?
Thank you.

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Originally Posted by radomir

1) держать себя в руках: means to autocontrol, to contain oneself?

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Yes.

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2) умыть руки : to wash one's hands, has in Spanish two meanings: the proper and literal and other: not to want to implicate oneself in something, like Pontius Pilatus did. It has also in Russian these two meanings?

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Yes, exactly.

Thank you.

"Умыть руки" - not to want to implicate oneself in something
"Вымыть руки" - to wash one's hands

Разве нет?

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Originally Posted by Vadim Mo

Разве нет?

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А кто находит это спорным? Судя по твоему вопросу - только ты. :flazhok:

Тогда я тоже не сомневаюсь!

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Originally Posted by radomir

2) умыть руки : to wash one's hands, has in Spanish two meanings: the proper and literal and other: not to want to implicate oneself in something, like Pontius Pilatus did. It has also in Russian these two meanings? Or just the literal?
Thank you.

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"умыть/умывать руки" has only metaphoric meaning "to refuse one's responsibility". Literally "to wash hands" is "мыть/помыть руки".