He scored at the last minute, and spared England’s blushes.
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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
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
spare someone's blushes — verb To save someone from embarrassment … Wiktionary
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
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
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List of Ikki Tousen characters — The following is a list of Ikki Tousen characters. Characters are listed by the school they are affiliated with and the character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms on which they are based.Nanyou Gakuin (南陽 學院): Nanyang Academy =Sonsaku Hakufu… … Wikipedia
