英语词组save someone's bacon是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

save someone's baconsave (someone's) bacon

mainly British, informal to save someone from failure or difficulties.

You saved my bacon there. I'd probably have lost my job if you hadn't been ready with an explanation.

save (one's) bacon

To rescue one from failure, danger, or disaster; to prevent something bad from happening to one. Thanks for bringing me some extra cash—you really saved my bacon. The company is in dire need of new investors to save their bacon.

save someone's bacon

mainly BRITISH, INFORMAL

If you save someone's bacon, you get them out of a dangerous or difficult situation. Your mother once saved my bacon, did you know that? She lent me money when I needed it. Note: One explanation for this expression is that `bacon' is related to an old word for `back', so to save your bacon meant to save your back from a beating. Another is that in the past, bacon stored during the winter had to be guarded from hungry dogs. A third explanation is that the expression was in the past thieves' slang meaning `to escape'.

词组	save someone's bacon
释义	Idiom save someone's baconsave (someone's) bacon mainly British, informal to save someone from failure or difficulties. You saved my bacon there. I'd probably have lost my job if you hadn't been ready with an explanation. save (one's) bacon To rescue one from failure, danger, or disaster; to prevent something bad from happening to one. Thanks for bringing me some extra cash—you really saved my bacon. The company is in dire need of new investors to save their bacon. save someone's bacon mainly BRITISH, INFORMAL If you save someone's bacon, you get them out of a dangerous or difficult situation. Your mother once saved my bacon, did you know that? She lent me money when I needed it. Note: One explanation for this expression is that `bacon' is related to an old word for `back', so to save your bacon meant to save your back from a beating. Another is that in the past, bacon stored during the winter had to be guarded from hungry dogs. A third explanation is that the expression was in the past thieves' slang meaning `to escape'.
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