came out in the wash

基本解释

But in modern times thousands of miners came to our land, dug it out and poured chemicals to wash away the waste.
但是在現代成千上萬的鑛工來到我們這兒，他們挖鑛竝且用化學物洗掉不要的廢物。
He did it in pencil, with an oil wash - diluting the oil paint in turpentine and spreading it over a canvas-type paper. It came out like a watercolour.
田納西用鉛筆作畫，加上油料塗飾──用松節油稀釋油畫，把它轉鋪到畫佈紙上，最後看起來像一張水彩畫。
In principle, the effect of higher VAT ought to be a wash: last year’s increase dropped out of the inflation rate just as the effect of this year’s rise came through.
原理上,增值稅提高應會是一個沖擊:2010年的增值稅上漲超出了通貨膨脹的可承受範圍，今年的增值稅上調也是這個的原理。