spare someone's blushes
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spare someone's blushes — spare/save/someone’s blushes phrase to prevent someone from being embarrassed or ashamed by doing or saying something, or by avoiding doing or saying something He scored at the last minute, and spared England’s blushes. Thesaurus: to not be… … Useful english dictionary
spare (someone's) blushes — save/spare (someone s) blushes British & Australian to do something to prevent someone feeling embarrassed. Granger saved the team s blushes by scoring the only goal in the last five minutes of the game. The audience s blushes were spared because … New idioms dictionary
save (someone's) blushes — save/spare (someone s) blushes British & Australian to do something to prevent someone feeling embarrassed. Granger saved the team s blushes by scoring the only goal in the last five minutes of the game. The audience s blushes were spared because … New idioms dictionary
save someone's blushes — spare/save/someone’s blushes phrase to prevent someone from being embarrassed or ashamed by doing or saying something, or by avoiding doing or saying something He scored at the last minute, and spared England’s blushes. Thesaurus: to not be… … Useful english dictionary
spare — spare1 [ sper ] adjective ** 1. ) only before noun a spare object is one that you keep in addition to other similar objects so that it is available if you need it: a spare key/battery/pair of glasses Bring a towel and some spare clothes. 2. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spare — [[t]spe͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ spares, sparing, spared 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed. If… … English dictionary
spare — spare1 S2 [speə US sper] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(extra)¦ 2¦(not used/needed)¦ 3¦(time)¦ 4¦(money)¦ 5 be going spare 6 go spare 7¦(plain)¦ 8¦(thin)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: spAr] … Dictionary of contemporary English
spare — 1 adjective 1 ADDITIONAL spare key/bulb/battery etc a key etc that you have in addition to the ones you normally use, so that it is available if another is needed 2 AVAILABLE not being used by anyone and available to be used: Have you got any… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blush — [[t]blʌ̱ʃ[/t]] blushes, blushing, blushed 1) VERB When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed. Hello, Maria, he said, and she blushed again... [V colour] I blushed scarlet at my stupidity. N COUNT… … English dictionary
blush — I UK [blʌʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms blush : present tense I/you/we/they blush he/she/it blushes present participle blushing past tense blushed past participle blushed * 1) if you blush, your cheeks become red because you feel… … English dictionary
