save face

to avoid embarrassment and keep respect

Example Sentences:

My boyfriend tried to save face last night when he was skipped our date to go out with his friends by lying to me.

When the husband and wife had an argument, the husband decided to save face by apologizing.

From the Blogs:

Rihanna Trying To Save-Face w/ Stupid Tattoo Mistake!!!

Similar idioms:

1. save one’s skin
2. save one’s ass
3. pick up the check
4. fly in the face of
5. about face
6. pick up the tab
7. cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face
8. get out of one’s face
9. lose face
10. have egg on one’s face
11. blue in the face
12. open up a can of worms
13. face the music
14. check in with
15. give and take