cover one's back
оградить себя от грядущих неприятностей
Пример использования идиомы cover one's back:
Unfortunately Mr. Quirk was not able to cover his back when dealing with the racketeers.
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Другие идиомы:
- cover all of one's bases
- back in circulation
- back and forth
- break the back of (something)
- back down
- cover a lot of ground
- turn one's back on (someone or something)
- pat on the back
- cover for (someone)
- back to square one
- have one's back to the wall
- back to the drawing board
- back of beyond
- cover ground
- stab (someone) in the back