n.
the outer covering of an animal

save skin Idiom, Proverb

asking price

a starting price, a price to begin negotiations The asking price for the lot was $29,500. It sold for $28,000.

beauty is only skin deep

do not judge a person by physical features, you can't tell a book... If you want to date a beauty queen, remember that beauty is only skin deep.

by the skin of one

by a very small margin, barely I made the application date for the job by the skin of my teeth.

by the skin of one's teeth

barely succeed in doing something.

by the skin of their teeth

by a little, barely He won the election by one vote, by the skin of his teeth.

for the asking

by asking, on request You can get a free ticket to the concert for the asking from the front office.

get under my skin

bother me, bug me, get to me Don't let Bob's teasing get under your skin. Don't let it bother you.

no skin off my nose

no bother to me, will not hurt me If he doesn't come to my party it's no skin off my nose.

save your skin/neck

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

skin alive

scold angrily, spank or beat She told her son that if he was late for dinner she would skin him alive.

save (one's) own skin

To accomplishment or assure oneself from danger, trouble, or difficulty, abnormally after affair for the abundance of others. In the face of the federal investigation, the CEO was added afraid with extenuative his own bark than ensuring his employees' jobs remained secure. Just be abiding not to leave yourself apparent in this scandal. You can be abiding that the agent is attractive to save her own skin, so you should be accomplishing the same.Learn more: own, save, skin

save (one's) skin

To accomplishment one from failure, danger, or disaster; to anticipate article bad from accident to someone. Thanks for bringing me some added cash—you absolutely adored my skin, there! The aggregation is in acute charge of new investors to save their skin.Learn more: save, skin

save someone's skin

and save someone's neck; save one's baconFig. to save addition from injury, embarrassment, or punishment. I adored my bark by accepting the job done on time. Thanks for extenuative my neck! I would accept collapsed down the stairs if you hadn't captivated my arm.Learn more: save, skin

save somebody’s/your (own) ˈneck/ˈskin/ˈhide

(informal) save somebody or yourself from a alarming or abhorrent situation: Don’t await on him for help, he’s alone absorbed in extenuative his own skin. OPPOSITE: risk your neckLearn more: hide, neck, save, skin

save one's skin, to

To save one’s life. The bark in catechism is usually one’s own, and it is adamantine to brainstorm activity activity on after it. The appellation has been about back Roman times. In English it was in book by 1642: “Equivocating with our censor . . . for the extenuative of our owne skin” (Daniel Rogers, Naaman the Syrian).Learn more: save

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