keep up appearances
Verb
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Verb
- (idiomatic) To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort
or propriety. - For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.
- With tact and management it would be possible to partially satisfy creditors, and keep up appearances for six months more.
- maintain appearances
- save appearances
- French: sauver les apparences
- Italian: mantenere le apparenze
- Russian: де́лать хоро́шую ми́ну при плохо́й игре́
- Spanish: mantener las apariencias
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