save your bacon

save your bacon
save (your) bacon to prevent something very bad from happening to you.

It's a short book but it could save your bacon when you're traveling overseas.


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  • save your bacon — save you from failure or disaster, save your skin    If the boat sinks, a life raft may save your bacon …   English idioms

  • save your bacon —    If you save someone s bacon, you rescue them from a dangerous or difficult situation.     When Paul was a student, finding a room in return for dog sitting really saved his bacon! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Save your reverence — Reverence Rev er*ence, n. [F. r[ e]v[ e]rence, L. reverentia. See {Reverent}.] 1. Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration. [1913 Webster] If thou be poor,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Save your reverence — Reverence Rev er*ence, n. [F. r[ e]v[ e]rence, L. reverentia. See {Reverent}.] 1. Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration. [1913 Webster] If thou be poor,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • save someone's bacon — If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • save bacon — save (your) bacon to prevent something very bad from happening to you. It s a short book but it could save your bacon when you re traveling overseas …   New idioms dictionary

  • save someone's bacon —    If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Save someone's bacon —   If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • save someone's bacon — save (some)one s bacon, save one s face, save one s neck, save one s skin, save the mark see under ↑bacon, ↑face, ↑neck, ↑skin and ↑mark1 • • • Main Entry: ↑save * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • save someone's skin — save someone’s skin/neck/bacon/informal phrase to help someone or yourself to avoid a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially in a way that is not very brave You tried to use my name to save your neck. Thesaurus: to protect or defend… …   Useful english dictionary

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