engelska-spanska översättning av keep up appearances

mantener las aparienciasDurante la presentación de las candidaturas ni siquiera se intentó mantener las apariencias. During the announcement of candidacies there was not even an attempt to keep up appearances. Era importante mantener las apariencias y no dar a los ciudadanos europeos la impresión de que se estaban sentando las bases de un Estado federal. It was important to keep up appearances and not give European citizens the impression that the structures of a federal state were being put in place.

To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort or propriety

For my fathers 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.

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