save your skin

釋義

1. save your (own) skin / hide / neck

   （尤指不惜置他人於困境而）保全自己的性命，使自己免受懲罰

   to try to avoid death, punishment, etc., especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation

   To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend.為了自保，他竟然說謊，把事故的責任推到朋友身上。

電影裡這樣說 · 6 部

• Why should I save his hide? Why should I right this wrong?Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• You see that girl? She saved my neck.The Mummy1999
• But I'm trying to save your skin, kid!Wreck-It Ralph2012
• All you wanted to do was save your own skin.Horns2013
• As an honorary member of the gang That no one alive ever leaves - You gotta snatch and sneak - Or else your future's bleak We got a lifetime contract that you're bound to keep You wanna save your skin You'd better fit right in Well, well, welcome to the-- Well, well, welcome to the-- Forty ThievesAladdin and the King of Thieves1996

在完整場景裡學

• 無敵破壞王2012
  • 壞蛋自白這份工作：name of the game（關鍵所在）
  • 壞人互助會第一次到場：come to terms with（接受並釋懷）
  • 求分一塊蛋糕被拒：the end of the world（天塌下來）

同一詞條的短語

• not be able to do to save your life
• save bacon
• save the day
• save face
• save your breath