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:
- cover all of one's bases
- cover up (something)
- break the back of (something)
- back to basics
- back to square one
- behind (someone's) back
- back and forth
- cover a lot of ground
- back the wrong horse
- back of beyond
- have one's back to the wall
- back in circulation
- back to the drawing board
- pat on the back
- off one's back