| 释义 |
save your (own) skin/hide/neck - to try to avoid death, punishment, etc., especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation（尤指不惜置他人于困境而）保全自己的性命，使自己免受惩罚
- To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend.为了自保，他竟然说谎，把事故的责任推到朋友身上。
See also hide | neck | save | skin |