French-English translations for sauver la face

save faceI am sure they would not do this very often, but it would allow them now to save face and go home with an acceptable solution. J’ai la certitude qu’ils ne le feraient pas souvent, mais ça leur permettrait de sauver la face pour l’instant et de regagner leur pays avec une solution acceptable. He tried to make reparations to those he had injured, partly to save face.

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