English-French translations for do the dirty work

• faire le sale boulot
  Ne pensons pas garder les mains propres en laissant nos partenaires de la rive sud faire le sale boulot. Let us not think about keeping our hands clean while we let our southern partners do the dirty work.

Related words

• do the dishes
• The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer
• take the scaffolding down
• do not muzzle the ox while it is treading