save someone's bacon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).
Example Sentences
- "[A]n anxious eye had been kept on the pinnace and the vessel she was chasing. "She's up to her," cried Desmond, who was looking through his glass; "she struck without a blow, and there go our fellows tumbling on board. Little doubt, however, about her being a slaver, though, as they must have seen the way in which we got hold of this craft, they thought it as well to save their bacon, and make the best of a bad job.""
- "[T]he tide being fortunately in our favour, we reached the Saint Vincent in good time, going up the accommodation ladder on the port side, which, as you know, is devoted to the use of the lower deck portion of the crew, just as Eight Bells struck. "Ha, my lads," cried the Jaunty, who stood by the entry-port, "you've just saved your bacon!""
- "What Steve Ballmer needs to do to save Microsoft’s mobile bacon [title]"
- "King Charles went to Washington to save Britain’s bacon. Through his example and unassuming advice, he showed the US how to save itself."