"save your bacon" in Chinese (Traditional)

救你一命幫你脫險

Definition

在最後一刻幫助某人避免嚴重麻煩或危險。

這是非正式的成語，多用於別人幫你解除困境、避免被責備或尷尬，不是用於真正的危險。不要照字面理解為“救培根”。

Thanks for saving my bacon back there.

謝謝你剛才**救了我一命**。

He lied to save his bacon.

他說謊是為了**救自己一命**。

My friend helped save my bacon during the test.

考試時我的朋友幫我**脫險了**。

I forgot my wallet, but my sister covered the bill and totally saved my bacon!

我忘帶錢包了，還好我姊姊幫我結帳，真的**救了我一命**！

If you hadn’t reminded me about the meeting, you would’ve really saved my bacon.

要不是你提醒我開會，你真的**幫我脫險**了。

Whenever I mess up at work, my coworker steps in to save my bacon.

我在工作出錯時，同事總會幫我**脫險**。