spare someone's blushes

Meaning: (idiomatic)To save someone fromembarrassment.1912,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Lost World[…], London; New York, N.Y.:Hodder and Stoughton,→OCLC:He faced us as we assembled for breakfast with a deprecating false modesty in his eyes, as who should say, "I know that I deserve all that you can say, but I pray you tospare my blushesby not saying it." His beard bristled exultantly, his chest was thrown out, and his hand was thrust into the front of his jacket.2011January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, inBBC‎[1]:Cesc Fabregasspared Arsenal's blusheswith his late spot-kick

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