keep up appearances
成語所屬單字appearance
keep up appearances — 慣用語
1. to keep behaving in a normal, cheerful way so that other people do not realise s
1.慣用語
釋義
裝門面；維持表面
to keep behaving in a normal, cheerful way so that other people do not realise something is wrong.
例句
After losing his job, Daniel kept up appearances by leaving the house in a suit every morning.
The Wang family kept up appearances at the New Year dinner, though their parents had been arguing for weeks.