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1 het vege lijf redden
het vege lijf redden————————het vege lijf reddenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > het vege lijf redden
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2 hachje
1 skin♦voorbeelden:zijn hachje wagen/redden • risk/save one's skinhij is bang voor zijn hachje • he fears for his life -
3 lijf
1 body♦voorbeelden:het vege lijf redden • save one's skinaan mijn lijf geen polonaise! • no way!bijna geen kleren aan zijn lijf hebben • have hardly a shirt to one's backiets aan den lijve ondervinden • experience (something) personallygeen hart in zijn lijf hebben • have no heartdie rol is haar op het lijf geschreven • she's made for that partiemand te lijf gaan • let go at someoneiemand (toevallig) tegen het lijf lopen • run into someone, stumble upon someonezijn longen uit zijn lijf hoesten • cough one's lungs upblijf van mijn lijf • hands offzich iets van het lijf houden • fend something offik kon hem niet van het lijf houden • I couldn't keep him off megezond van lijf en leden • able-bodiedde voorstelling had weinig om het lijf • the performance didn't amount to much -
4 zijn hachje wagen/redden
zijn hachje wagen/reddenrisk/save one's skinVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > zijn hachje wagen/redden
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5 huid
1 [vel] skin♦voorbeelden:met een donkere/lichte huid • dark-/fair-skinnedde huid afstropen • skinom zijn huid te redden • to save his skin〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn huid duur verkopen • fight to the bitter end, sell one's life dearly〈 figuurlijk〉 in iemands huid kruipen • put oneself in someone else's shoes/placetot op de huid nat worden • get soaked to the skin2 gedroogde/gelooide huid • dried/tanned hidede huid verkopen voor de beer geschoten is • count one's chickens before they're hatched
См. также в других словарях:
save one's skin — save (some)one s bacon, save one s face, save one s neck, save one s skin, save the mark see under ↑bacon, ↑face, ↑neck, ↑skin and ↑mark1 • • • Main Entry: ↑save … Useful english dictionary
save one's skin — • save one s neck • save one s skin save oneself from danger or trouble He left the scene of the fire as soon as possible in order to save his own neck … Idioms and examples
save\ one's\ skin — • save one s neck • save one s 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… … Словарь американских идиом
save one's skin/neck — If you manage to escape from serious danger or trouble, you save your skin (or neck). He saved his skin by reversing off the bridge just before it collapsed … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
save one's skin — be saved, protect oneself … English contemporary dictionary
save one's neck — To escape narrowly with one s life or reputation • • • Main Entry: ↑neck save (some)one s bacon, save one s face, save one s neck, save one s skin, save the mark see under ↑bacon, ↑face, ↑neck, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
save one's face — To avoid humiliation or appearance of climbing down • • • Main Entry: ↑face save (some)one s bacon, save one s face, save one s neck, save one s skin, save the mark see under ↑bacon, ↑face, ↑neck, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
save one's neck — • save one s neck • save one s skin save oneself from danger or trouble He left the scene of the fire as soon as possible in order to save his own neck … Idioms and examples
save\ one's\ neck — • save one s neck • save one s 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… … Словарь американских идиом
save one's bacon — phrasal : to preserve or rescue something of vital importance (as one s life, livelihood, or reputation) from loss or harm the pilots of my section saved my bacon many times when I have been attacked from behind Keith Ayling is forced to… … Useful english dictionary
save one's neck — or[save one s 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… … Dictionary of American idioms