English Dictionary

spare someone's blushes

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To save someone from embarrassment.

日本語の意味

（誰かに）恥ずかしい思いをさせないようにする / （誰かを）恥から守る

To spare someone's blushes, Jenna quickly changed the subject when her friend mispronounced the award recipient's name.

誰かに恥をかかせないように、ジェンナは友人が受賞者の名前を言い間違えたときにすぐ話題を変えた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To save someone from embarrassment.

He faced us as we assembled for breakfast with a deprecating false modesty in his eyes, as who should say, I know that I deserve all that you can say, but I pray you to spare my blushes by not saying it. His beard bristled exultantly, his chest was thrown out, and his hand was thrust into the front of his jacket.

spares someone's blushes （ present singular third-person ）

sparing someone's blushes （ participle present ）

spared someone's blushes （ participle past ）

spared someone's blushes （ past ）