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
Mihaela	mee-hah-YE-lah (Romanian), mee-HAH-el-ah (Croatian)	Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Adalfarus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Paderau	-	Welsh
Munro	-	Scottish
Myra	MIE-rə	English
Mal'akhi	-	Biblical Hebrew