to save face

Basically, however, Hitler was merely trying to save face when he spoke of "recapture of a part of the territories now lost in the West" .

He said that he was trying to save face.

Chandler tries to save face and makes the 'OK' sign with his hands, while obviously unable to breathe.

Bill would not play in the game because he knew he could not do well and he wanted to save face.

After the big problem at the factory, to save face . The company had to blame the machinery .

To be accused of a fault is to "lose face, " and the fact must be denied, no matter what the evidence, in order to save face.

So some people may be trying to save face because they didn't nail down the resources they should have nailed down.

After these big problems at factory , to save face, the company had to blame the machinery.

I completely forgot Kim's party and tried to save face by sending her flowers the next morning.

Apple was able to save face with customers by giving away free cases to iPhone 4 owners after complaints arose regarding its antenna.

But honestly, I'm just trying to save face. I don't want to seem weak.

Now that the Chinese had been made to feel inadequate , they will take measures to save face .

They run away from the problem, hoping it will disappear of its own accord, lying to save face.

You're just trying to save face.

"Li Bin [could] only be sentenced to seven, eight years, he could not be given a longer term. Why? To save face. "

UEFA chief Michel Platini was impressed by Milan's triumph in the Champions League Final. "They allowed Latin football to save face. "

It is better to weed out the bad businesses within the group rather than cross-subsidise them to save face.

He tried to save face at all costs.

He dropped the gold down the chimney to save face for the impoverished father.

making up for linguistic inadequacy to save face.

Barking orders or making unreasonable demands won't work out too well, so resist the urge to save face by trying those tactics.

The government is looking for an offer to make to the unions, unrelated to pension reform, that would allow them to save face.

China's slight openness with Taiwan could merely be pre-Olympic posturing to save face after its Tibetan debacle.

For China, the acquisition is viewed as a way to save face and further its strategic interests.

This allowed the Chinese to save face, since they do not belong to the 30-member Paris-based OECD.

Although this is a war to save face, but the reality of the war to emphasize the importance of eyes for I have chosen only to turn the tide.

We are only there to save face, and in the end we will not even be able to do that.

To save face, senior officers are reluctant to highlight mistakesmade by subordinates.

Fourth, in the negotiations, the negotiation process and the other side to save face.

As students, we don't have that ability yet. Most of our money is from our parents. We shouldn't use our parents' money to save face.

to save face , he agreed to tender his resignation instead of getting an official dismissal.

But the questioner had to save face. The game wasn't going the way he'd planned.

They've turned to save face, homeless with eternity.

However, Israel needs to save face too.

Now this may frustrate many Houston fans who are done with Mcgrady but this also gives T-Mac one more chance to save face.

Playboy: Because he had to save face after letting you go?

To save face, they may even resort to lying.

He had to resign, to save face.

She kept silent about that in order to save face.

The family finally got Kiman, the ex-boyfriend, as the new groom for Nuraini in order to save face in front of their guests.

Enjoy losing face now in order to save face in the future!

Eg : He can't swim but to save face when they go to the lake he always says he's just eaten .