| 单词 | to save one's bacon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto save one's bacon a. to save one's bacon: to escape injury to one's body, to keep oneself from harm. to bring home the bacon: see bring v. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (intransitive)] > preserve oneself from injury or harm to save one's (own) skin1642 to save one's bacon1654 to save one's soul1688 1654 T. Ireland Momus Elencticus 5 Some fellowes there were..To save their bacon penn'd many a smooth song. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. iv. 75 Farewel Transubstantiation else! but 'tis a silly shift to save their Bacon. 1691 Weesils i. 5 No, they'l conclude I do't to save my Bacon. 1693 in Catal. (fictitious) Bks. in Harl. Misc. (1745) V. 269/2 In dubiis tutior pars: Or, the broad Way to save a Man's Bacon, and damn his Soul. 1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Oct. 280 But as he ran to save his bacon, By hat and wig he was forsaken. 1931 H. Belloc Cranmer viii. 149 Cranmer had just saved his bacon. It had been a very close thing. < as lemmas |
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