spare feelings

释义

1. spare sb's feelings

   不惹某人难受；避免触及某人的痛处

   to be careful not to do or say anything that might upset sb

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• He was trying to spare your feelings. The studio only wanted to rent your car.Sunset Boulevard1950

在完整场景里学

• 日落大道1950
  • 收车人上门下通牒：there's gonna be fireworks（要闹翻天）
  • 向制片人推销剧本被拒：over a barrel（任人摆布）
  • 藏车躲债被当成殡仪员：a white elephant（大而无用的累赘）

同一词条的短语

• go spare
• spare blushes
• to spare