| 释义 |
save someone's faceEnable someone to avoid humiliation: he might be pretending to help her to save his face in front of Katarina...- Or you could just withdraw all the actions, but though it'll save your face from the drip-drip of bad publicity, it'll still make you look like a bunch of bungle-bounces.
- And under no circumstances will you ask her to wrap her own presents the night before Christmas in order to save your face in front of her parents.
- She said Parnell went through with the wedding: ‘To save my face and stop me looking like a complete idiot.’
See parent entry: face |