do the dishes
Verb
Meaning
wash dishes
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Examples
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
The best relationships are when you both want to make each other happy - you buy the groceries, I do the dishes.
Pressure is an emotional paralysis. It's hard enough to do the dishes when you're feeling pressured, let alone make a movie.
So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'
I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes.
Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'