ENGLISH IDIOMS: keep up appearances
keep up appearances |
آبروداری کردن، ظاهر را حفظ کردن |
(To behave in a way that people expect you to, so as to hide your personal or financial problems.)
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He was practically broke and just trying to keep up appearances. |
او عملاً بیپول بود و فقط سعی داشت آبروداری کند. |
مثال دیگر:
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Despite their financial problems, they spent a lot of money just to keep up appearances. |
آنها علیرغم مشکلات مالی که داشتند، صرفاً برای حفظ ظاهر، پول زیادی خرج میکردند. |
This post is part of a series on English idioms for Persian speakers. You can find the other entries under the tag [ #idioms-tutorial ].
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Changing of appearance , due to circumstances and environment. Not only easy life.
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It's difficult for the poor to keep up appearances due to financial downfall.
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Even when he is bankrupt he keep up appearances in the social gathering.
I tried very hard to keep up appearances as I fell further and further into credit card debt.