save own skin

save your own skin

to protect yourself from danger or difficulties, without worrying about other people He saved his own skin by telling them his partner had taken the money.

See save blushes

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rhett	RET	English
Christabelle	KRIS-tə-bel	English (Rare)
Gonca	-	Turkish
Octavian	ahk-TAYV-ee-ən (English)	History, Romanian
Wilheard	-	Anglo-Saxon
Maja (2)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak