keep an act up

and keep one's act up

to maintain behavior that is a false show; to continue with one's facade. (The an can be replaced with the, this, that, etc.) How long do I have to keep this act up? I am tired of fooling people. I am weary of keeping up my act.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Celia	SEEL-yə (English), SEE-lee-ə (English), THE-lyah (Spanish), SE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), CHE-lyah (Italian)	English, Spanish, Italian
Margreet	mahr-KHRAYT (Dutch)	Limburgish, Dutch
Nawra	-	Arabic
Tatu	TAH-too	Finnish
Chuck	[tʃʌk]
Jasvinder	-	Indian (Sikh)