save the furniture: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKneutralinformal
    • To remove or protect furniture or movable possessions from damage, loss, or destruction.
    • To preserve what remains of one's assets, comforts, or appearance when larger losses are occurring; to salvage the most important or least expendable items.

    Examples

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    • Before the floodwaters rose, the family saved the furniture by moving it to the upper floor.

      Antes de que subieran las aguas, la familia salvó los muebles llevándolos al piso superior.

    • They saved the furniture by covering it with plastic sheets during the renovation.

      Salvó los muebles cubriéndolos con plásticos durante la renovación.

    • We need to save the furniture from the damp basement to prevent mold damage.

      Necesitamos salvar los muebles del sótano húmedo para evitar daños por moho.

    • The movers saved the furniture from scratches by wrapping each piece carefully before loading the truck.

      Los mudanceros salvaron los muebles de rayones envolviendo cada pieza cuidadosamente antes de cargar el camión.

Examples:

  • EN: You know, it'll save the furniture.
    ES: Así no lo hace con los muebles.
  • EN: You really want to save the furniture, Kel?
    ES: ¿Quieres cuidar los muebles?
  • EN: If the house Is already on fire, it's mad to try to save the furniture.
    ES: Si la casa está ya ardiendo, es una locura intentar salvar los muebles.
  • EN: Hopefully, young people not only come before him. You are here to save the furniture, not Frank?
    ES: En lo que respecta a la seguridad... espero tengas todo bajo control, ¿Frank?
  • EN: We managed to save the furniture, except for the stools, which burned down during the coup. There were only 4 stools.
    ES: Pudimos recuperar el conjunto del mobiliario, salvo los taburetes, que se quemaron durante el saqueo del golpe de Estado.
  • EN: After Andrew Jackson's inauguration, so many drunken admirers crowded into the White House, the celebration had to be moved out onto the lawn to save the furniture.
    ES: Después de la toma de posesión de Andrew Jackson, hubo tantos simpatizantes ebrios en la Casa Blanca, que la celebración tuvo que trasladarse al césped para salvar el mobiliario.
  • EN: I prefer to save the furniture than burn it for firewood.
    ES: Prefiero salvar lo mínimo que prenderle fuego.
  • EN: To save the furniture from the dam, I have come here. But evolution is not like I thought, his "dead" once lost, almost "died" again.
    ES: Vine aquí para salvar a Tu Siyi, pero la trama es un poco diferente de lo que pensaba.
    ID: Aku datang ke sini untuk menyelamatkan Tu Siyi, tetapi alur ceritanya sedikit berbeda dari apa yang Aku pikirkan.
  • EN: Had my parents had time, they would have been able to save the furniture.
    TE: ఎలక్ట్రిసిటీ డిపార్ట్మెంట్ వాళ్లు సమయానికి స్పందించి ఉంటే నేను నా కుటుంబాన్ని రక్షించుకుని ఉండేవాడ్ని.

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