saved by the bell
something that you say when a difficult situation ends suddenly before you have to do or say something that you do not want to:
Luckily my bus arrived before I had time to reply. Saved by the bell.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preserving and saving
- a knight in shining armour idiom
- conserve
- deliver
- guardian angel
- keep
- keep sth up
- knight
- life-saver
- lifeguard
- maintain
- reclaim
- salvage
- salvation
- save
- save sb's bacon/neck idiom
- save your own skin/hide idiom
- saviour
- spare
- sustain
- upcycle
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