save face

面子爱面子要面子面子上

save face 的定义

  1. Avoid humiliation or embarrassment, preserve dignity, as in Rather than fire him outright, they let him save face by accepting his resignation. The phrase, which uses face in the sense of “outward appearances,” is modeled on the antonym lose face. [Late 1800s]

save face 近义词

v. 动词 verb

preserve one's dignity

save face 的近义词 1
  • preserve one's honor

更多save face例句

  1. In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
  2. Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.
  3. They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
  4. They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
  5. She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
  6. It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
  7. Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
  8. A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
  9. With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
  10. Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.