Meaning: asclepias curassavica

n.
tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics

sav Idiom, Proverb

a stitch in time saves nine

a small repair may prevent a large repair I believe in maintenance. A stitch in time saves nine.

save a bundle

save a lot of money, save big time If you buy a new car through a broker, you can save a bundle.

save face

prevent embarrassment, prevent more shame To save face, the accused member should resign. It's embarrassing.

save for a rainy day

save money for a time when you really need it Ed and Vi spend little money. They're saving for a rainy day.

save one

remain silent because talking will do no good You may as well save your breath and not talk to her as she never believes you anyway.save from danger or trouble The worker tried to save his own neck without thinking of any of the other people.save oneself from danger or trouble He left the scene of the fire as soon as possible in order to save his own neck.

save the day

bring about victory or success - esp. when defeat is likely He saved the day for his team after he played his best game of the season.

save your bacon

save you from failure or disaster, save your skin If the boat sinks, a life raft may save your bacon.

save your skin/neck

save you from risk, dismissal or death The dog saved your neck. His barking helped us find you.

Captain Sav-a-hoe

a Captain Sav-a-hoe (save a whore) is a man who pays for everything to an unreasonable extent; as Jermar Givens put it;"If you're paying for all the kid's clothing, but they ain't even your kids--you're a captain"

keep save appearance

present an unchanged front or appearance in public（esp．following some loss of status，prestige or fortune）装门面；虚饰外表
She would tather go hungry and keep up appearance that eat properly and wear last year's fashions．她宁愿挨饿也要顾全面子而不愿吃得好穿着过时的衣服。
It's silly to spend money just to keep up appearance．仅仅为了装门面图外表而那样花钱是愚蠢的。
Some young people spend lots of money on weddings just to keep up appearance．一些年轻人在婚礼上花费很多的钱仅仅是为了讲排场、装门面。

keep up/save appearance

save one's breath

keep silent because talking will not help 省点力气别开口；免开口
What you are saying will not make any difference to me，so you may as well keep your breath．你所说的对我不会产生任何作用，所以你最好是免开尊口。
Save your breath．There is no chance that he will agree．省点力气吧，他是决不可能同意的。

save one's neck

save from danger or trouble 免于遭殃；使摆脱困境
He's saved his neck，thanks to his counsel，but people will always suspect him．多亏他的辩护律师才使他免受绞刑，但人们将永远以怀疑的眼光来看他。
You really saved my neck by help ing me check up on many details in my paper；otherwise I couldn't have got the work done in time．你替我核对了这篇论文中的许多具体细节，真是帮了个大忙，否则我根本不可能及时完成这篇论文。

save one's neck/skin

save one's skin

save the day/situation

bring about victory or success，esp．when defeat is likely 反败为胜；转危为安
The forest fire was nearly out of control when suddenly it rained heavily and saved the day．森林火灾几乎无法控制，但一场瓢泼大雨，把它浇灭了。
They were ready to retreat，but re inforcements arrived in time and saved the situation．他们正准备撤退时，增援部队及时赶到，一下扭转了局势。

save the situation

save up

keep up for future use 储存
Tom was saving up for a new bicy cle．汤姆在攒钱准备买辆新自行车。
You should save some money up，instead of spending it all．你应该存一些钱，不要全花光。

scrimp and save

Idiom(s): scrimp and save

Theme: THRIFT

to be very thrifty; to live on very little money, often in order to save up for something.
• We had to scrimp and save in order to send the children to college.
• The Smiths scrimp and save all year in order to go on a Caribbean cruise.

saving grace

Idiom(s): saving grace

Theme: SURVIVAL

the one thing that saves or redeems someone or something that would otherwise be a total disaster.
• Her saving grace is that she has a lot of money.
• The saving grace for the whole evening was the good music played by the band.

saved by the bell

Idiom(s): saved by the bell

Theme: RESCUED

rescued from a difficult or dangerous situation just in time by something that brings the situation to a sudden end. (From the sounding of a bell marking the end of a round in a boxing match.)
• James didn't know the answer to the question but he was saved by the bell when the teacher was called away from the room.
• I couldn't think of anything to say to the woman at the bus stop, but I was saved by the bell when my bus arrived.

save sth for a rainy day

Idiom(s): save sth for a rainy day

Theme: STORAGE

to reserve something—usually money—for some future need. (Save something can be replaced with put something aside, hold something back, keep something, etc.)
• I've saved a little money for a rainy day.
• Keep some extra candy for a rainy day.

save one's face

Idiom(s): save (one's) face

Theme: SURVIVAL

to preserve one's good standing or high position (after a failure).
• The ambassador was more interested in saving his face than winning the argument.
• Most diplomats are concerned with saving face.

A penny saved is a penny earned

Idiom(s): A penny saved is a penny earned

Theme: THRIFT

A proverb meaning that money saved through thrift is the same as money earned by employment. (Sometimes used to explain stinginess.)
• "I didn't want to pay that much for the book," said Mary. "After all, a penny saved is a penny earned."
• Bob put his money in a new bank that pays more interest than his old bank, saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned."

A stitch in time saves nine.

It's better to deal with a problem at an early stage, to prevent it from getting worse.

Save me from my friends.

Friends can be more dangerous than enemies.

Save someone's bacon

If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon.

Save your skin

If someone saves their skin, they manage to avoid getting into serious trouble.

Stitch in time saves nine

A stitch in time saves nine means that if a job needs doing it is better to do it now, because it will only get worse, like a hole in clothes that requires stitching.

eat into your savings

spend some of your savings: "We can't afford a new car, unless we eat into our savings."

to scrimp and save

to make as many economies as you can to save money: "His parents scrimped and saved to send him to university."

save up for a rainy day

put money aside for when you might need it later: "I don't want to spend this extra money. I'll save it up for a rainy day."

daylight saving time|daylight|daylight saving|dayl

n. A way of keeping time in summer that is one or two hours ahead of standard time.

Abbreviation DST. Many places in the United States keep their clocks on daylight saving time in the summer; in this way people get up earlier and have more free time in the afternoon and evening while it is still daylight. Father said that next week it will get dark later because we will change to daylight saving lime. We go off daylight saving in the fall.
Compare: CENTRAL TIME.
Antonym: STANDARD TIME.

face-saver|face|saver

n. The shop teacher's note was a face-saver when another teacher thought John and Bill were playing hookey in town. -

face-saving|face|saving

n. Face-saving is not helped by too many invented excuses.

save face|face|save

v. phr. To save your good reputation, popularity, or dignity when something has happened or may happen to hurt you; hide something that may cause you shame. The policeman was caught accepting a bribe; he tried to save face by claiming it was money owed to him. Bill would not play in the game because he knew he could not do well and he wanted to save face. The colonel who lost the battle saved face by showing his orders from the general.
Antonym: LOSE FACE. -

save one's breath|breath|save

v. phr., informal To keep silent because talking will not help; not talk because it will do no good. Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off.

save one's neck|neck|save|save one's skin|skin

v. phr., slang To save from danger or trouble. The fighter planes saved our skins while the army was landing from the ships. Betty saved Tim's neck by typing his report for him; without her help he could not have finished on time.

save the day|day|save

v. phr. To bring about victory or success, especially when defeat is likely. The forest fire was nearly out of control when suddenly it rained heavily and saved the day. The team was behind, but at the last minute Sam saved the day with a touchdown.

save up|save

v. phr. To put away for future use; keep as savings; save. John was saving up for a new bicycle. Mary saved up pieces of cloth to make a quilt.

saving grace|grace|saving

n. phr. A single good attribute; a redeeming quality. Felicity is not very attractive but her intelligence and wit are her saving grace.

savings account|account|savings

n. An account in a bank, where people put money to save it, and the bank uses the money and pays interest every year. If you leave your money in your savings account for six months or a year, the bank will pay interest on it.
Compare: CHECKING ACCOUNT.

savings bond|bond|savings

n. A government certificate given for money and saved for a number of years so that the government will pay back the money with interest. Mary bought a $25 savings bond for $18.75. John's father gave him a savings bond for graduation.

penny saved is a penny earned, a

penny saved is a penny earned, a
What one does not spend, one will have. This maxim for thrift is so familiar that it often appears in shortened form, as in Although they can afford to buy a house right now, they're putting it off, on the principle of “a penny saved.” It appeared in slightly different form in George Herbert's Outlandish Proverbs (1640). Whether or not it originally suggested that savings earn interest is not known.

save

save
In addition to the idioms beginning with save, also see penny saved is a penny earned, a; save for a rainy day; scrimp and save; to save one's life.
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- save face
- save for a rainy day
- save one's bacon
- save one's breath
- save the day
- save up
- saved by the bell
- saving grace, a

save one's bacon

save one's bacon
Also, save one's neck or skin. Rescue one from a difficult situation or harm, as in I was having a hard time changing the flat tire but along came Bud, who saved my bacon, or The boat capsized in icy waters, but the life preservers saved our skins. The allusion in the first term is no longer clear. It may simply be a comical way of referring to one's body or one's life. At the time it was first recorded, in 1654, bacon was a prized commodity, so perhaps saving one's bacon was tantamount to keeping something precious. Both variants allude to saving one's life, the one with skin dating from the early 1500s, and with neck, alluding to beheading, from the late 1600s.

saving grace, a

saving grace, a
A redeeming quality, especially one compensating for drawbacks or negative characteristics. For example, She may not be too knowledgeable, but her saving grace is that she doesn't pretend to be. This term, dating from the late 1500s, at first referred to the concept of being saved from eternal damnation, and was used more loosely only from the late 1800s on.

to save one's life

to save one's life
Even if one's life depended on it, as in I couldn't eat another bite to save my life, or Betty wouldn't climb a mountain to save her life. This hyperbolic expression nearly always follows a negative statement that one wouldn't or couldn't do something. Anthony Trollope used a slightly different wording in The Kellys and the O'Kellys (1848): “I shan't remain long, if it was to save my life and theirs; I can't get up small talk for the rector and his curate.”