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Tommy Tran
2021-09-28 05:09
Spare (someone's) blushes British humorous informal verb phrase
To keep from causing someone embarrassment
I lied to my friends to spare my girl's blushes.
Robert tried sparing my blushes by saying that it was his fault.
To not spend over one's butget
To move quickly up and down and from side to side, typically in an attempt to avoid hitting or being hit by something
To keep a reasonable distance from someone or something; avoid someone or something
Stay far away; avoid someone or something, or doing something
To save someone from trouble, difficulty, or danger that is going to happen very soon
The verb "spare" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
