save the furniture
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save the furniture
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An allusion to rapidly removing as much furniture as possible from a building threatened by fire, flood, or a similar disaster. Compare French sauver les meubles.
verb saves the furniture · saving the furniture · saved the furniture
- To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party. [S]winging progressives were keen to consolidate the diving Labor vote and save the furniture so that a reasonably-sized progressive opposition party could live to fight another day.
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| Français | sauver les meubles |
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