http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htm#186779Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:00:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186779Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htm#186779http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-186779.xmlHi, Yes. You can learn a lot from Calvin and Hobbes. Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htm#186552Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:00:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186552SpongeBarb1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htm#186552http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-186552.xml"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.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htm#186453Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:00:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186453Clive2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htm#186453http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-186453.xmlHi, 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, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 17:00:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186441SpongeBarb3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveOnesSkin/cdqcc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-186441.xmlDoes 'save one's skin' mean 'save one's life'? Is it originated from the history of American Indians' scalping white people? Thanks.