Keep Up Appearances Meaning

Keep Up Appearances Meaning
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To act as though everything is normal or fine in times of trouble. I tried very hard to keep up appearances as I fell further and further into credit card debt.
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to make things look all right whether they are or not. We must keep up appearances even if it means little sacrifices here and there. Things may be unpleasant, but we will keep up appearances.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
1. If you keep up appearances , you pretend that a situation is good and as it should be, even though it is not. I was determined to keep up appearances by pretending nothing was wrong. The marriage was failing, but we tried to keep up appearances for the sake of the children.
2. If you keep up appearances , you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it. His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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to pretend to be happier , less poor , etc. than you really are, because you do not want people to know how bad your situation is:

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