"save your neck" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 保住命
• 保住自己

Definition

指为了避免危险、伤害或惩罚，通常是快速采取行动保护自己。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

非正式表达，有时带有戏剧性，暗示为了自保而逃脱责任、惩罚或危险，有时带点自私。类似表达有“保住小命”。

Examples

He lied to save his neck.

他撒了谎来**保住自己的命**。

Sometimes you have to run to save your neck.

有时候你得跑才能**保住命**。

She made up an excuse to save her neck.

她编了个借口来**保住自己**。

He told on his friend just to save his neck.

他出卖了朋友，只是为了**保住命**。

I wasn't trying to blame anyone, just trying to save my neck!

我不是想怪谁，只是想**保住自己**！

When the company went bankrupt, the CEO did everything he could to save his neck.

公司破产时，CEO做了一切来**保住自己的命**。