live down

faire oublier

Agir ou attendre jusqu’à ce que les autres oublient quelque chose de gênant qu’on a fait.

En anglais simple : To behave or wait until people stop remembering something embarrassing you did.

• I will never live this down.
• She finally lived down her embarrassing speech.
• Will he ever live down falling into the pool?

Comment l'utiliser : live something down (I will never live that mistake down.)

Synonymes : put behind oneself

Expressions courantes : live down a mistake, live down the embarrassment

démentir par sa conduite

Montrer par son comportement au fil du temps que les accusations nuisibles portées contre soi sont fausses.

En anglais simple : To show through your actions over time that harmful claims about you are false.

• He lived down the rumours through honest work.
• She resolved to live down the slander by helping others.
• His good conduct eventually lived down those accusations.

Comment l'utiliser : live down something (She hoped to live down the accusations through years of honest work.)

Synonymes : disprove, refute

Expressions courantes : live down slander, live down an accusation