Whipping Boy

[mimitabby]

interesting, I had imagined it had something to do with a person being
soiled because they did something wrong....
(I wash my hands of this... vuole dire.. This is not a problem i am going to
be involved in)

"it stinks" vuole dire "something bad happened here, someone's lying, ecc"

 

[leenico]

Yes, in fact I thought it had to do with religion. Like in "Mercoledì delle ceneri"

Here in the states it does for catholics. We also have Ash wednesday.

 

[Alfry]

interesting, I had imagined it had something to do with a person being
soiled because they did something wrong....
(I wash my hands of this... vuole dire.. This is not a problem i am going to
be involved in)

"it stinks" vuole dire "something bad happened here, someone's lying, ecc"

we say
"me ne lavo le mani" = I wash my hands of this
mi puzza = it stinks