save face
сохранить свою репутацию, достоинство в неблагоприятной ситуации
We ought to act very cautiously and try to save face whatever happens.
Другие идиомы:
- face the music
- fall flat on one's face
- show one's face
- written all over (someone's) face
- fly in the face of (something)
- face value (of something)
- get out of (someone's) face
- not show one's face
- face up to (something)
- save (something) for a rainy day
- save (someone's) bacon
- stuff one's face
- slap in the face
- not just a pretty face
- fly into the face of danger