"save your skin" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 保住自己的性命

Definition

设法让自己摆脱危险或困境，通常是为了避免受伤或惹上麻烦。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

非正式，有点戏剧化。描述紧急自保或推卸责任，有时带自私的含义。常见于“只想保住自己的性命”等表达。

Examples

He lied to save his skin.

他为了**保住自己的性命**而撒了谎。

She ran away to save her skin.

她逃跑是为了**保住自己的性命**。

Tom did anything he could to save his skin.

汤姆尽一切努力**保住自己的性命**。

He threw his friend under the bus just to save his skin.

他出卖了朋友，只为了**保住自己的性命**。

Sometimes people panic and do silly things to save their skin.

有时候人们会慌张，为了**保住自己的性命**做出傻事。

You can't just blame others to save your skin every time trouble comes.

你不能每次有麻烦就怪别人来**保住自己的性命**。