- save someone's bacon
- ► save someone's skin (or neck or bacon) rescue someone from difficulty.Main Entry: ↑save
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save someone's bacon — save (some)one s bacon, save one s face, save one s neck, save one s skin, save the mark see under ↑bacon, ↑face, ↑neck, ↑skin and ↑mark1 • • • Main Entry: ↑save * * * … Useful english dictionary
save someone's bacon — save (someone s) bacon mainly British, informal to save someone from failure or difficulties. You saved my bacon there. I d probably have lost my job if you hadn t been ready with an explanation … New idioms dictionary
save someone's bacon — If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon … The small dictionary of idiomes
save someone's bacon/hide/neck/skin — informal : to save someone : to help someone get out of a dangerous or difficult situation You really saved my bacon by helping out yesterday. He doesn t care what happens to us. All he s worried about is saving his own skin/neck. [=saving… … Useful english dictionary
save someone's bacon — verb a) To save someones life. ...an anxious eye had been kept on the pinnace and the vessel she was chasing. Shes up to her, cried Desmond, who was looking through his glass; she struck without a blow, and there go our fellows tumbling on board … Wiktionary
save someone's bacon — If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Save someone's bacon — If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon … Dictionary of English idioms
Save one's bacon — save (someone) from a dangerous or awkward situation … Dictionary of Australian slang
save one's bacon — Australian Slang save (someone) from a dangerous or awkward situation … English dialects glossary
save someone's skin — save someone’s skin/neck/bacon/informal phrase to help someone or yourself to avoid a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially in a way that is not very brave You tried to use my name to save your neck. Thesaurus: to protect or defend… … Useful english dictionary
