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How to say to save face at any cost
in Thai
ขายผ้าเอาหน้ารอด
kǎai pâa ao nâa râawt
to save face at any cost
kǎai risingpâa fallingao midnâa fallingrâawt falling
Spending money you don't have so nobody sees you struggle.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- sell your clothes to save your face
In a sentence
- กู้เงินมาจัดงานใหญ่ ขายผ้าเอาหน้ารอดgûu ngoen maa jàt ngaan yài kǎai pâa ao nâa râawtBorrowing to throw a big party just to save face.
From the same situation: Idioms 2 and four-syllable expressions
- คำซ้อนpaired word, word doublet
- คำสัมผัสrhyming words, rhyme
- คำพังเพยsaying, adage
- โวหารrhetoric, way with words
- อุปมาsimile, analogy
- เปรียบเปรยto make a pointed comparison
- คมคายsharp, witty (of words)
- สละสลวยelegant, polished (of language)
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