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saving grace

Cliché the one thing that saves or redeems someone or something that would otherwise be a total disaster. Her saving grace is that she has a lot of money. The saving grace for the whole evening was the good music played by the band.

See also: grace, saving

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And I swear that my physical and mental torments, here in my bed, would have been incomparably greater than anything I had endured on the sea, but for the saving grace of one sweet thought. Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context He came one day with the book and begged me to read it, having discovered that my interest in Luther was not as living as it ought to be; so I took it out with me into the garden, because the dullest book takes on a certain saving grace if read out of doors, just as bread and butter, devoid of charm in the drawing-room, is ambrosia eaten under a tree. Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context But it has at least the saving grace of antiquity to excuse it. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			saturate with Saturday night special sauce saunter along save save a bundle save bacon save blushes Save breath save face save for save for a rainy day save from Save it! save money up save neck save on save oneself save own skin save skin save the day save toward save up saved by the bell saving saving grace savoir-faire savor of saw saw down saw into saw off saw through say say a lot about say a mouthful say about say against say boo Say cheese! say for say grace Say hello to say in a roundabout way Say no more say out loud say over say piece say that say the word say to			Saving account Saving account Saving Accounts Saving Accounts Saving and Credit Saving and Security Program Saving Animals for Everyone saving bacon saving bacon saving bacon saving bacon saving blushes saving blushes saving blushes saving breath saving breath saving breath saving breath Saving Clause saving clauses Saving Deposit Saving Deposit Saving Deposit Insurance Fund Saving Deposits Saving Deposits Saving Elephants by Helping People Saving Face Saving Face Saving Face Saving Face saving grace Saving Grace World Missions saving graces saving hide saving hide saving hide saving hide saving it saving it saving it saving it saving life saving life saving life saving life Saving Little Hearts Saving Lives in Chatham County Saving More Illinois Lives Through Education saving neck saving neck saving neck saving neck Saving of America's Resources Saving Our Chinese Heritage saving own life saving own life saving own life saving own life Saving Private Ryan Saving Rate Saving Shelter Pets

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