live down

hacer olvidar, superar la vergüenza de

Actuar o dejar pasar el tiempo hasta que los demás olviden algo vergonzoso que uno hizo.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: live something down (I will never live that mistake down.)

Sinónimos: put behind oneself

Expresiones frecuentes: live down a mistake, live down the embarrassment

desmentir con la conducta

Demostrar con el comportamiento a lo largo del tiempo que las acusaciones dañinas contra uno son falsas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: live down something (She hoped to live down the accusations through years of honest work.)

Sinónimos: disprove, refute

Expresiones frecuentes: live down slander, live down an accusation