# mit allen Wassern gewaschen

mit allen Wassern gewaschen is a German prep_phrase meaning “up to every trick in the book”.

## In other languages

- Русский: тёртый калач

## Meanings

1. _idiomatic_ up to every trick in the book, shrewd
   - Er sah, dies war ein gerissener, mit allen Wassern gewaschener Heimatloser, ein Mann, der viel gesehen und erlebt, viel gehungert und gefroren hatte und im bitteren Kampf um ein karges gefährdetes Leben klug und frech geworden war. — He saw that this was a seasoned adventurer who had been exposed to all walks of life, who had seen and lived through much, who had starved a good deal, and shivered, and grown shrewd and impudent in the bitter struggle for a meager, dangerous existence.

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