cover one's back
оградить себя от грядущих неприятностей
Unfortunately Mr. Quirk was not able to cover his back when dealing with the racketeers.
Другие идиомы:
- back down (from someone or something)
- behind (someone's) back
- turn one's back on (someone or something)
- back and forth
- back to the salt mines
- back to square one
- cover ground
- give (someone) the shirt off one's back
- cover a lot of ground
- break the back of (something)
- get off (someone's) back
- cover up (something)
- back up (someone or something)
- back to basics
- back on one's feet