come out in the wash

(informal)be resolved eventually with no lasting harm

(非正式)得以圓滿解決

he's not happy but he assures me &B{it'll all come out in the wash}.

他不高興，但他向我保證這件事會得到圓滿解決的。

in the wash

(of clothes, bedlinen, or similar) put aside for washing or in the process of being washed

（衣服、床單或類似之物）待洗的；正在洗的

wash one's dirty linen (或 laundry) in public

(informal)discuss or argue about one's personal affairs in public

(非正式)外揚家丑

wash one's hands

go to the toilet (used euphemistically)

(婉)解手

wash one's hands of

disclaim responsibility for

拒絕承擔…責任

the social services washed their hands of his daughter.

社會福利機構不再承管他女兒的事。

wash something down

accompany or follow food with a drink

就著飲料吃（食物）

bacon and eggs &B{washed down with} a cup of tea.

就著一杯茶吃下去的熏肉和雞蛋。

wash out (或wash someone out)

(N. Amer.)be excluded (or exclude someone) from a course or position after a failure to meet the required standards

(北美)（因沒有達到要求）（遭）淘汰

a lot of them had washed out of pilot training.

他們中有許多人已經被淘汰出飛行訓練了。

wash something out

clean the inside of something with water

用水清洗東西的內部

wash something, especially a garment, quickly or briefly

簡單地洗（某物，尤指衣服）

I don't have time to wash a blouse out every night.

我沒有時間每天晚上都洗一下上衣。

(一般作 be washed out)cause an event to be postponed or cancelled because of rain

因下雨而延期（或取消）

their match against Australia was washed out.

他們跟澳大利亞隊的比賽因下雨而延期進行。

(of a flood or downpour) make a breach in a road

（洪水，大雨）沖潰公路

wash down

To clean by washing with water from top to bottom

沖洗：用水從頭到尾清洗

wash down the walls.

徹底清洗墻壁

To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid

吞下，咽下：吃下（如食物）后再喝某種液體

washed the cake down with coffee.

用咖啡把蛋糕沖下肚去

wash out

To remove or be removed by washing.

水洗使褪色

color that had been washed out by bleach.

因水洗而漸褪的顏色

To carry or wear away or be carried or worn away by the action of moving water

用水流搬走或侵蝕掉

The river rose and washed out the dam. The road has washed out five miles down the mountain.

河水陡漲，沖垮了大壩。山下的路被沖壞的有五英里

To deplete or become depleted of vitality

活力耗盡，變得枯竭

By evening, I was washed out from overwork.

到了傍晚，我被過多的工作累得精疲力盡

To eliminate or be eliminated as unsatisfactory

刪除：因不滿意而刪除或被刪除

a football player who was washed out; an officer candidate who washed out after one month.

被罰下場的足球隊員；一月后被免職的候選官員

To cause (an event) to be rained out.

使（某項事件）被取消

wash up

To wash one's hands.

洗手

&I{Chiefly British} To wash dishes after a meal.

&I{【多用于英國】} 餐后刷盤子

To burn out; exhaust

精疲力竭；極其困乏

She's all washed up as an editor.

她做編輯工作累得精疲力竭

come out in the wash&I{【俚語】}

To be revealed eventually

暴露，真相大白：最終被揭露出來

The real reasons for her resignation will come out in the wash.

她辭職的真正原因終究會真相大白的

To turn out well in the end

結果很好

Don't worry: this project will come out in the wash.

不要著急：這項工程會有好結果的

wash (one's) hands of

To refuse to accept responsibility for.

拒絕接受某項義務

To abandon; renounce.

拋棄；放棄