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Saving face

Posted by Rachel on January 10, 2004

Does anyone know the origin of this idiom, or of it's close cousin "Losing face"? Were they adopted to English from Chinese Japanese? Or did they exist in the language regardless of the Asian concept of "Face"?

Thank to whoever answer this

Rachel

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