Co znamená face-saving v angličtině?

V tomto nejuznávanějším anglickém slovníku se můžete naučit face-saving výslovnost, gramatiku a synonyma.

face-saving Význam & definice

0 of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in -- kamuflážní, zachraňující
- It was a face-saving move to allow the president to step down from power without too much embarrassment.

The point and click magic of correcting sentences on the fly is both fun and face-saving.
This practice by speakers may be thought of as a kind of face-saving strategy, by means of which the delivery of face-threatening acts is delayed within the turn.
Does not the result appear to be a combination of a witch hunt and a face-saving exercise?
The self-styled lock-out committee are endeavouring to find a face-saving formula.
That seems to me to be merely a time-saving and a face-saving device to avoid the issue.
He refers to a face-saving formula, and if a formula is in fact to save faces it is probably not best described in that manner.
He said that it was a face-saving inquiry.
I suspect that much face-saving is involved in this issue.