| 单词 | to save a person's life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto save a person's life Phrases P1. to save a person's life. [Compare Old French, Middle French sauver la vie (c1165).] a. To prevent a person from dying. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > slake thirst to save a person's lifec1325 rehetea1400 slocken1718 to save a person's life1901 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (intransitive)] > give timely assistance to save a person's lifec1325 to save a person's life1901 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9231 So þat to saui is lif þe castel vp hii ȝolde. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 997 (MED) To saue his liue..i graunt him..mi loue for euer. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) l. 100 Ȝef the wommon thenne dye, Teche the mydwyf..for to saue the chyldes lyf. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 271 His fostyr-modyr..Did mylk to warme, his liff giff scho mycht saiff. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xiii. f. cccxxiii In whiche shippe a fewe, that is to saie. viii. liues were saued bi the water, lifting vp the shippe a flote from the daunger of drowning. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 115 The ciuick coronets..presented vnto such as had rescued a Romane citizen, and saued his life. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies iv. iii. 48 The pretty Boys that serve Gonsalvo, Fighting! I come in time to save the Life of one. 1754 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery II. xxvii. 448 I..sat down with a resolution to deliver, either with the forceps or crotchet, in order to save the woman's life. 1776 P. P. Burdett Chart Mersey (ed. 2) in N. Leach Origins Life-boat Service (1992) iv. 22 On the Strand about a Mile below Formby Lower Land Mark there is a Boat House, and a boat kept ready to save lives. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 458 A great many lives were saved by the salutary practice of inoculation. 1855 J. Doran Queens of Eng. I. viii. 377 The Duke of Newcastle congratulatingly hugged Hulse, on his having saved the Queen's life. 1913 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 June 1350/2 It was hopeless to expect to save the life of the patient by any other method of treatment. 1964 Skin Diver Oct. 19 An American skin diver..had a difficult time convincing the skipper that his ‘wet’ suit would save a man's life if he fell into the freezing water. 2000 G. Lucas Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace 20 I have saved Jar Jar Binks' life. b. to save one's life: used in the infinitive to qualify a negative (or occasionally conditional) statement, expressing a lack of ability or willingness to do something. Also (occasionally) to save one's soul. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (intransitive)] > preserve oneself from injury or harm to save one's (own) skin1642 to save one's bacon1654 to save one's soul1688 1688 T. Brown Reasons Mr. Bays 5 You could not say one malicious word more to save your life. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) vii. 19 An Actor, living at this time, That now I pen my verse sublime, Could not, to save his soul, find out his fort. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 460 To save my life I could not determine whether it was Mon or Moun or gu or gue. 1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys III. v. 106 I shan't remain long. If it was to save my life and theirs, I can't get up small talk for the rector and his curate. 1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House III. xxvii. 88 ‘Does she go to their church?’ ‘Oh no, she wouldn't to save her life—she thinks it quite shocking.’ 1920 E. O'Neill Beyond Horizon iii. i. 128 I couldn't get to sleep to save my soul. 1941 J. Cary Herself Surprised xxxiv. 82 It took even Bill six months to get her into a motor, when motors came in, and she wouldn't telephone now to save her life. 2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 545 God knows he can't kick a rugby ball to save his life! c. colloquial. In hyperbolic use. To give timely or important assistance, esp. by providing a refreshing or stimulating drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > slake thirst to save a person's lifec1325 rehetea1400 slocken1718 to save a person's life1901 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (intransitive)] > give timely assistance to save a person's lifec1325 to save a person's life1901 1901 K. Snowden Barbara West xxii. 188 He affectionately watched a glass of beer poured out for Darbyshire—who..said fervently to Mrs Templeton, ‘Thanks; you've saved my life.’ 1914 R. Hughes What will People Say? xxii. 137 Have you a box of matches you can give me? Thanks! You've saved my life. 1950 ‘J. Tey’ To love & be Wise xii. 153 Saved my life, you have! I missed the bus. 1977 D. Bagley Enemy xxviii. 218 ‘A sherry,’ she said. ‘A sherry, to save my life.’ 2003 Sun (Nexis) 18 Apr. To his huge relief they found the cash... Grateful Mr Williams told them: ‘Thanks lads—you've saved my life.’ P2. a. Used in expressions (esp. ones invoking God) of loyalty to or approbation of a monarch or other ruler, as God save the Queen (also King)!: may God protect and preserve the queen (or king).The song God Save the Queen (or King) is customarily used as the national anthem of the United Kingdom (and is also used in several other Commonwealth realms as a royal or alternative national anthem). Quot. 1744 is taken from the earliest published version to resemble closely the modern anthem. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] > expression of loyalty to monarch God save the Queen (also King)!c1300 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 755 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 128 ‘Sire king,’ he seide, ‘god þe loke and saui þi dignite!’ c1367 in F. C. Haydon Eulogium Historiarum sive Temporis (1863) III. 87 (MED) Godde saue the kyng [c1350 Giraldus Cambrensis De Principis Instructione Liber God houlde dhe, cuning]. c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 811 Þus Dindimus þe dere king enditeþ his sonde And God bysecheþ to save þe soveraine prinse. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xvi. 16 He sayde vnto Absalom: God saue the kynge. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iii. sig. Mjv Aue rex, or god saue your royall maiestie. 1558 Procl. in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. i. 389 God save the quene. a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 9 Some with loud shouting, make the valleyes ring, But most with murmur sigh: God saue the King. 1685 Coronation Order of Jas. II in L. G. Wickham Legge Eng. Coronation Rec. (1901) 293 The Recognition... The People signify their Willingness, and Joy, by loud and repeated Acclamations; crying out, God save King James. 1744 Thesaurus Musicus I. 22 God save our Lord the King... Send him Victorious, happy and Glorious, Long to reign over us. 1777 J. Odell Birth Day Song in London Mag. Nov. 579/1 Though faction by falsehood awhile may prevail, And loyalty suffers a captive in jail, Britain is rouz'd, rebellion is falling: God save the King! 1807 Mr. Redhead Yorke's Weekly Polit. Rev. 4 Apr. 259 Though the writer insidiously pretends to cry ‘God save the king’, it is evident that..his real meaning is ‘God save Buonaparte’. 1838 ‘L. Redivivus’ Paradise Lost 8 No longer was he heard to sing, Like loyal subs, ‘God Save the King!’ 1894 ‘M. O'Rell’ John Bull & Co. xxxviii. 318 If..any singer took it into his head to sing ‘God save the President of the Boer Republic’, I guarantee that there would be no objection raised to it. 1910 R. Sabatini Mistress Wilding xiii. 172 One group sent up a shout of ‘God save the Protestant Duke!’ as they rode past him. 1953 Times 3 June 38/4 All the people in the church shouted in acclamation:—‘God save Queen Elizabeth. Long live Queen Elizabeth. May the Queen live for ever.’ 2008 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 14 Dec. The Militia's display and final rousing shouts of God Save the Queen was a good end to a ‘fantastic’ day. b. Used in expressions of greeting, affection, blessing, etc., as God save you! [compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French Dieus vous sault! (late 12th cent.), Middle French Dieu te sault! (15th cent.)] . Now chiefly archaic or Irish English. Also with omission of the subject, esp. (formerly) in greetings.(God) save the mark: see mark n.1 11. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > for the sake of > wish for the benefit of (someone) God yield (you, etc.)c1430 God save you!1530 (God) bless you!1598 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting God give you good dayc1275 hail be thou (also ye)c1275 pax vobisc1275 how do ye?1570 (good, fair) time of day (to you)1597 how goes it?1598 I salute youa1616 savea1616 how do you find yourself?a1646 how-do-you-do1697 how do?1886 how are you popping (up)?1894 how's (less frequently how are) tricks?1915 how's (or how are) things (or, originally Australia and New Zealand, tricks?)1926 how's life?1931 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 7034 Wele yfounden, child Wawayn, Crist saue þi miȝt & þi mayn. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8094 Sir, sauued be þou nov and ai. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2244 God saue al this faire compaignye Amen. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 698/1 God save you, whiche sayeng we use whan we come firste to ones presence. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 70 Sir Protheus: 'saue you: saw you my Master? View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. iv. 118 You were tickl'd when the beggars cry'd Heaven save your honour. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iii. ii. 37 Save ye, save ye, Gentlemen. 1775 W. Hilton Poet. Wks. I. 75 Lord save you, Sir, we're wond'rous dry. 1844 tr. J. G. Kohl Trav. Ireland 156 When one creeps into an Irish hut, the usual salutation is ‘God save you all!’ and the answer is, ‘God save you kindly!’ 1920 Outlook 7 July 462 God save ye, gentles,—come buy my wares here! 1987 Woman's Own 19 Dec. 69/3 ‘A merry Christmas, Uncle!’ he said cheerfully. ‘God save you!’ 2005 G. M. Flynn Currach Race & Other Stories v. 35 He..vaulted over lightly into the meadow. ‘God save ye.’ ‘God save you kindly, and who might you be?’ c. Used in phrases affirming the truth of a statement, as as I hope to be saved, †so God (also Christ) save me, etc. [compare Anglo-Norman and Old French se Dieus me saut (12th cent.)] . Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) referring to one's soul or salvation so God (also Christ) save mea1393 upon (also on) my perilc1395 by the way of my soul1397 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 927 (MED) This, so god me save, Is al the hate that I have Toward these janglers. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1361 Ye shul paye fourty pound, so god me saue. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 675 Yhe sall it haiff, als God me saiff in saille. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 120 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 So me crist saif. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxix. sig. Biiv As I be saued ye be ful gentil and noble. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 2381 Sa God me saif, The ressoun quhy fane wald I haif. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. Dv Ha, ha, ha, by their Maiden-heads: Cittizens, by their faith, and Brokers as they hope to be saued: by my Virginitie I sweare. 1619 Rec. Perth Kirk Session 7 June in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Sav Marge Gelletlie..purgit hir be hir great aith Lat neuer hir saull be saifit if euer scho knew him. 1680 T. D'Urfey Virtuous Wife i. 8 I am grown old o'th' sudden, as 'twere, I know not how, all my good parts lost, quite lost as god save me. I am a Cipher now—good for nothing. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Dec. (1948) I. 136 Remember your poor Presto, that wants you sadly, as hope saved. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 243 As I hope to be saved, I will never mention a Word of it. View more context for this quotation 1831 W. Scott Count Robert xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 187 This remnant of old heathen philosophy, who hardly believes, so God save me, the truth of the Christian creed. 1869 Bow Bells Weekly 2 June 447/3 As I hope to be saved in another world, I would swear that the rope has been cut by some wicked wretch. 1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet in Doctor's Dilemma 396 As I hope to be saved, Sheriff—or rather as I hope to be damned;..I know no more of that horse's whereabouts than you do yourself. 1998 P. Trower Danger to State xxvii. 136 Father, I swear—as I hope to be saved—that every word I've told you is true. d. In expressions of invocation (usually implicitly or explicitly of God), requesting protection from temptation, sin, etc., or (with humorous or sarcastic intent) from something unpleasant or tiresome, as (Lord) save me (also us) from ——. ΚΠ 1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 188 Save me from vaine pleasures, the great Witches of the world. 1738 A. Pope Universal Prayer ix. 6 Save me alike from foolish Pride, Or impious Discontent. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 499 But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 191 Well-a-day—God save us from all such misproud princoxes! 1863 W. Phillips Speeches i. 8 Shades of Hugh Peters and John Cotton, save us from such pulpits! 1899 S. H. Burchell Duke's Servants i. x. 189 There comes my wife! Lord save me from her! 1921 D. H. Lawrence Sea & Sardinia v. 164 Save us from proletarian homogeneity and khaki all-alikeness. 1958 L. Ginsberg Let. 10 Mar. in A. Ginsberg & L. Ginsberg Family Business (2001) 100 Save me from that mixed up, confused view of the Beat Generation which maintains it has a blueprint on all Truth. 2001 Loaded Fashion Spring 116 Lottery winners, footballers, pop singers and, Lord save us, television ‘personalities’ are suddenly wealthy enough to buy an entrance ticket to the playground of the rich. P3. Used in expressions concerning a person's life, safety, well-being, etc., in which the body, or a part of the body, stands for a person's life.See also to save one's skin at skin n. Phrases 1c, to save one's neck at neck n.1 Phrases 2a.to save one's bacon: see bacon n. 5a. [Compare Middle French, French sauver sa tête, lit. ‘to save one's head’ (1580), French sauver sa peau, lit. ‘to save one's skin’ (1729), etc.] ΚΠ c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 3807 (MED) He lete his pray and fleiȝ on hors, Forto saue his owen cors. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvii. 230 He besought our lorde god to saue his body fro mysfortune. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 67 To day, how many would haue giuen their Honours To haue sau'd their Carkasses? View more context for this quotation 1744 London Mag. Apr. 200/1 Who singly all our foes withstood, Explor'd the mazes of the wood, To save his own, and others blood? 1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil ii. i. 86 I think I will be generous, And give his brains a chance to save his bones. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 544 To have done all in his power to save both the head of Stafford and the head of Russell. 1976 New York 15 Nov. 60/2 Nobody asked you to save my ass, you took it on yourself. I want to save my own ass. 1999 R. N. Proctor Nazi War on Cancer (2000) vii. 263 The paper trail is ambiguous on this point, which may have saved his hide at Nuremburg. P4. to save appearances: see appearance n. 12b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > anticipate, forecast [verb (transitive)] > anticipate and prevent to save a person's longing1605 1605 True Chron. Hist. King Leir i. ii. sig. A3v Ra. For Gods sake tell vs what it is, my Lord, I am with child vntill you vtter it. Skal. Madam, to saue your longing, this it is [etc.]. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. vi. 48 in Wks. II Looke Win. doe, looke a Gods name, and saue your longing. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. E6v Come hither Sirrah, I know what you would have, I'le save your longing. 1737 Mem. Soc. Grub-St. I. 297 A particular regard ought to be payed to a fair Lady, especially in the condition here mentioned, and something done effectually to save her longing. P6. to save one's breath (also wind): to refrain from talking so as not to argue fruitlessly or waste one's energy, esp. on a lost cause; to be quiet. Frequently in imperative. Cf. to save one's breath to cool one's porridge at porridge n. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking to make up one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 blina1300 dumba1300 leavea1375 to put a sock in ita1529 hush1548 silence1551 stay1551 stow1567 stop1579 to save one's breath (also wind)1605 tace1697 stubble it!1699 shut your trap!1796 to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808 stubble your whids!1830 to shut up1840 to dry up1853 pawl1867 subside1872 to pipe down1876 to shut (one's) head, face1876 shurrup1893 to shut off1896 clam1916 dry1934 shtum1958 to oyster up1973 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe v. sig. I4 Saue your Breath, saue your Breath; All things haue succeeded to your wishes. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. iv. 86 As if he had said, Talk no more of it; save your breath; I am resolved of my course. 1734 J. Clarke Diss. upon Usefulness of Transl. Classick Authors 5 He in regard to his own Ease, and to save his Breath, is apt to make very short Work of it. 1753 J. White Protestant Englishman 151 The Priests might save their Breath, and spare their Sufflations, Boxings, Crossings, and other Ceremonies, to get them [sc. evil spirits] out. 1828 Night Watch II. 5 Save your wind for work. 1863 M. J. Holmes Marian Grey vi. 67 If Bruno's howlin' for me, he may as well save his breath. 1926 F. W. Crofts Inspector French & Cheyne Myst. xi. 146 If your story's going to be more lies about St John Price and the Hull succession you may save your breath. 1952 E. Caldwell Lamp for Nightfall x. 101 You'd better be saving your wind for road work, and for doing chores. 1996 Mail on Sunday 28 Apr. (You Mag.) 5/4 A colleague, friend or loved one is not about to be browbeaten into sharing your beliefs, so you might just as well save your breath. P7. a penny saved is a penny gained: see penny n. Phrases 3b. P8. to save the day: (originally Military) to avert defeat in battle, esp. through individual actions (cf. day n. 13); (also in extended use) to avert failure or disaster; cf. to save the situation at Phrases 13. ΚΠ 1663 J. Heath Brief Chron. Civil-wars sig. Aaa4v He did not only maintain the Fight till..the..gallantry of the..Redcoats, made the Spaniard..mend his retreating pace, but sustained the impression upon the flight and at least saved the day. 1772 Town & Country Mag. Suppl. 715/1 Nor could Montcalm's try'd valour save the day. 1834 Sporting Mag. Aug. 322/2 The lucky start King had here saved the day. 1891 W. J. Abbot Battle-fields & Victory ii. 35 Though General Taylor did his utmost to save the day, the sun went down leaving the Union army victorious. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 78/2 When the kitchen faucet..begins to throw an aggravating spray every time the water is turned on, a coat of paraffine over the leak will save the day until the plumber can fix it. 1956 W. McElwee England's Precedence viii. 164 At this critical moment it was the individual gallantry of Sir Thomas Fairfax which probably saved the day. 1989 R. Whiting You gotta have Wa (1990) vi. 138 Diplomatic revisions by interpreters have saved the day on many an occasion. 2007 Independent 31 Jan. (Extra section) 8 (heading) Where governments have failed to tackle global warming, science could yet save the day. P9. to save one's pocket: to avoid spending one's money; to scrimp, economize. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (transitive)] > avoid spending money savec1390 to save one's pocket1700 hain1862 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple sig. A4 To Coffee some retreat to save their Pockets, Others more generous damn the Play at Lockets. 1759 W. Calcott Thoughts Moral & Divine (ed. 3) 118 He that deserts a man to save his pocket, will never hazard life and reputation in his service. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 357 Getting rid of a case by saving your own pocket and passing the applicant on to another. 1883 Law Times Rep. 49 9/1 The tenant for life may have indirectly benefited himself or saved his own pocket. 1954 T. C. Barker & J. R. Harris Merseyside Town in Industr. Revol. 303 It was alleged that..the owners of land in Greenbank wanted to see the roads paved at public expense to save their own pockets. 1994 M. Harrison Public Health in Brit. India 172 Municipal commissioners were often reluctant to fund sanitary improvements, sometimes on religious or cultural grounds, but more commonly to save their own pockets and those of their electors. P10. to save one's distance (also †time): to manage to arrive at a given point or by a given time, esp. after being delayed. Now rare.In quot. 1735: figurative to do enough to fulfil minimum requirements. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate > make up time or distance to make, fetch up, make up leeway1669 to save one's distance (also time)1790 to make up (lost) ground1890 1735 London Mag. Jan. 26/1 He came to Chapel just often enough to save his Distance; and in Compliance with the Statutes of the College received the Sacrament as often as required. 1790 R. Cumberland Observer (1791) V. cxlii. 184 Whether Nicolas saved his distance..we shall not just now enquire. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 112 Riding out to dinner, many miles off, on a beast that will not quit his walk, while you know that nothing short of a full gallop will save your time. 1840 Southern Literary Messenger Mar. 148/1 Launce shall run the first heat under a pull, and just save his distance. 1906 Trotwood's Monthly June 520/2 Even then he made sufficient speed to save his distance. P11. to save the world: to improve the condition or state of the world, esp. in some specific (in later use esp. environmental) aspect; (sometimes) spec. to seek to do this with well-meaning but unrealistic aims or motives. ΚΠ 1829 F. Wright Courses of Pop. Lect. 139 Think not that canals and railroads are to advance the nation, nor that steamboats and spinning-jennies are to save the world. 1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber III. i. 14 The man who dabbles at saving the world by science, education, hygeian and other economics. 1937 J. G. Fletcher Life is my Song xxvi. 358 Those who, for some reason or other, wished to canalize their neuroticism into the easy and obvious direction of ‘saving the world’. 1982 Guardian 8 May 18/5 The World Conservation Strategy.., in effect an SOS to save the world. 1994 C. McCann in D. Bolger Picador Bk. Contemp. Irish Fiction 535 Truth be told, most staff at the State School don't much like the social-work students. They come in, on their work placement, thinking they can save the world. 2012 Observer 4 Mar. 32 (heading) Liquid metal batteries may save the world. P12. well saved: used to express approbation when a person has rescued a situation, esp. when a rider has avoided a fall, or (in various sports) when a player prevents a goal, the loss of a wicket, etc. ΚΠ 1832 New Sporting Mag. Mar. 337/2 The nag was, however, as quickly picked up by the Prince as a horse could be; when Parson Butler,..roaring out as he passed them, ‘Well saved, by George, your Royal Highness!’ 1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand I. i. 10 As he fell upon his head into the road, and recovered himself without unhorsing me,..‘Well saved, my lad, and devilish well ridden too,’ said the jolly General. 1905 D. Summers Renunciation i. 5 ‘Well saved!’ yelled Cyril. There was a shower of clapping. Dare had spun round and just got his bat down in time to save his wicket. 1965 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 Nov. 16/1 (caption) Well saved: Robert Mann, Jamaica College's Manning Cup football goalkeeper comes out from his goal to collect a shot. 2006 G. Dent LBD Live & Fabulous! viii. 247 ‘Now, who says we forget all about that and have a little song?’.. ‘Well saved, Ronnie!’ P13. to save the situation: to avert failure or disaster. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > afford deliverance [verb (intransitive)] > by action or intervention to come (also go, etc.) to the (also a person's) rescuec1475 to save the situation1859 1859 N.Y. Times 25 July 1/4 That it is an imprescriptible duty to put in force all means that may save the situation and society. 1907 W. Raleigh Shakespeare v. 135 If Cordelia had been perfectly tender and tactful, there would have been no play. The situation would have been saved. 1955 Times 8 Aug. 3/3 The Navy had saved the situation, and Dunkirk had become ‘D’ Day. 2010 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 25 Sept. 24 It is not too late to save the situation but..there is a real risk of the event turning into a national embarrassment. ΚΠ 1877 W. H. Macy There she Blows! vii. 74 ‘That whale will stow down a hund'ed barrels, if we save him clean.’ ‘Save him clean? Save him fast enough.’ 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) To save clean, to save all (the blubber) in cutting in: a whaling-term. P15. to save face: see face n. Phrases 8h(b). P16. to be saved by the bell: (Boxing) to be saved from being counted out by the ringing of the bell at the end of a round; (figurative) to be rescued from a difficult situation by a timely intervention. ΚΠ 1909 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Feb. 3/2 Rob Wilson..was saved by the bell from a knockout in the tenth and last round of his bout with Young Corbett. 1959 A. Sillitoe Loneliness of Long-distance Runner 31 ‘Ain't it next door to a pub, then?’ I wanted to know. He answered me sharp: ‘No, it bloody well aint.’.. ‘Then I don't know it,’ I told him, saved by the bell. 1971 L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports v. 116 If a man is knocked down in the closing seconds of a round, so that the bell rings ending the round before the count of 10 has been reached, he can be ‘saved by the bell’. 1976 G. Sims End of Web i. 13 Had he been saved by the bell... Was there still a chance of some lovers' games? 2007 J. Buchanan If Better is Possible xxix. 177 The student teacher was saved by the bell and the class moved on. P17. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). save it: (in imperative as an expression of contemptuous dismissal) ‘be quiet’, ‘shut up’. ΚΠ 1935 G. Lorimer & S. Lorimer Heart Specialist iii. 80 ‘Save it,’ she said. ‘This isn't dear old St. Luke's.’ 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture v. 218 ‘Save it,’ she said, cutting me off. ‘Sit here. All this yakkin' will blow everybody's high.’ 1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Feb. g3 Save it, pal. Talk to my agent. 2011 C. Digiuseppi & M. Force Light Bringer xii. 82 Alan cut him off again. ‘Yeah, yeah. Save it, you already said that.’ P18. save as you earn n. originally and chiefly British a system of saving by regular deduction from earnings at source (abbreviated S.A.Y.E.); frequently attributive; cf. pay-as-you-earn n. and adj. at pay v.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1957 Financial Times 2 Sept. 4/5 The ‘Save As You Earn’ Campaign which the National Savings Movement is organising throughout the country. 1968 Times 8 Oct. 31/1 The ideas on save-as-you-earn put forward in the Conservative plan. 1976 Staff Papers (International Monetary Fund) 23 466 The Committee to Review National Savings concluded that the save-as-you-earn scheme had not been a success. 1991 Observer (Nexis) 7 July 32 The maximum monthly limit to Save As You Earn share option schemes is also to be raised from £150 to £250. 2009 A. Vice Straightforward Guide Savings & Investm. ii. 29 You can buy shares at a discount and even if the stock market price nose-dives, your money is safe. This is Save As You Earn. < as lemmas |
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