save face

基本解釋

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回面子，因為他們在應(yīng)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.
克里斯南迪說：“為在賓客面前保全面子，家人最后找到新娘的前男友基曼，娶走了新娘?！?br>www.chinadaily.com.cn
He dropped the gold down the chimney to save face for the impoverished father.
他將黃金扔進煙囪以保留這位窮困的父親的臉面。

"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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