keep up appearances

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.

keep up appearances

to hide your personal or financial problems from other people by continuing to live and behave in the same way that you did in the past Simply keeping up appearances was stretching their resources to the limit.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Beverly	['bevəli]
Manoel	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Twila	TWIE-lə	English
Bailey	BAY-lee	English
Mien	MEEN	Dutch, Limburgish
Alta	['æltə]