ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχει → save one's bacon, save one's neck, save one's skin
adj.
Of persons: P. and V. ἤπιος, πρᾶος, φιλάνθρωπος, ἥμερος, ἐπιεικής, συγγνώμων, V. πρευμενής. Of punishment: P. and V. ἐπιεικής, μέτριος.