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SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
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save one's skin

Does 'save one's skin' mean 'save one's life'? Is it originated from the history of American Indians' scalping white people?

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Hi, Does 'save one's skin' mean 'save one's life'? Yes. Is it originated from the history of American Indians' scalping white people?

— Clive

  • Hi, Does 'save one's skin' mean 'save one's life'?
  • Yes.
  • Is it originated from the history of American Indians' scalping white people?
  • I don't know the origin, but I very much doubt that it comes from that.
  • Perhaps it originates from people having Botox injections?
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Hi,

Does 'save one's skin' mean 'save one's life'? Yes.

Is it originated from the history of American Indians' scalping white people? I don't know the origin, but I very much doubt that it comes from that.

Perhaps it originates from people having Botox injections? ha-ha!

Best wishes, Clive
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"Perhaps it originates from people having Botox injections?"

Har har.(I learned this from the comic book Calvin And Hobbes- usually an answer to something you don't agree with.)
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Hi,

Yes. You can learn a lot from Calvin and Hobbes.

Clive
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