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.
但是在现代成千上万的矿工来到我们这儿，他们挖矿并且用化学物洗掉不要的废物。
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.
田纳西用铅笔作画，加上油料涂饰──用松节油稀释油画，把它转铺到画布纸上，最后看起来像一张水彩画。
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,增值税提高应会是一个冲击:2010年的增值税上涨超出了通货膨胀的可承受范围，今年的增值税上调也是这个的原理。