save face

基本解释

So some people may be trying to save face because they didn’t nail down the resources they should have nailed down.
所以某些人可能試圖挽廻麪子，因爲他們在應該獲得那些資源的時候卻沒有得到它們。
"The family finally got Kiman, the ex-boyfriend, as the new groom for Nuraini in order to save face in front of their guests," Krisnandi said.
尅裡斯南迪說：“爲在賓客麪前保全麪子，家人最後找到新娘的前男友基曼，娶走了新娘。”
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He dropped the gold down the chimney to save face for the impoverished father.
他將黃金扔進菸囪以保畱這位窮睏的父親的臉麪。

"What it appears to be is an attempt to save face with the government, which is asking for help,".

You try to save face and openly declare that a lost account was too small, anyway?
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