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Meaning of "keep up appearances" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KEEP UP APPEARANCES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEEP UP APPEARANCES

keep someone sweet
keep something under one´s hat
keep step
keep tabs on
keep the ball rolling
keep the books
keep the peace
keep the wolf from the door
keep time
keep to
keep to oneself
keep track of
keep under
keep under wraps
keep up
keep up with
keep up with the Joneses
keep wicket
keep your hair on!
keep your shirt on

WORDS THAT END LIKE KEEP UP APPEARANCES

acceptances
advances
appurtenances
attenuating circumstances
capital allowances
checks and balances
circumstances
Clearances
consequences
finances
Highland Clearances
household appliances
in bad circumstances
in good circumstances
make allowances
mitigating circumstances
reduced circumstances
take chances
to all appearances
under no circumstances
under the circumstances

Synonyms and antonyms of keep up appearances in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «keep up appearances» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEEP UP APPEARANCES

Find out the translation of keep up appearances to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of keep up appearances from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «keep up appearances» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摆谱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mantener las apariencias
570 millions of speakers

English

keep up appearances
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिखावे रखने के
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الحفاظ على المظاهر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

соблюсти приличия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

manter as aparências
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চেহারা আপ রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sauver les apparences
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teruskan penampilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schein wahren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

体面を保つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모습을 유지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Supaya katon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giữ thể diện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோற்றங்களை வைத்திருக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामने ठेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Görünüşe devam et
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mantenere le apparenze
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zachować pozory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дотримати пристойності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păstra aparențele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρατήσει τα προσχήματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hou verskynings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hålla skenet uppe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

holde på formen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of keep up appearances

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEEP UP APPEARANCES»

The term «keep up appearances» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.089 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KEEP UP APPEARANCES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about keep up appearances

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QUOTES WITH «KEEP UP APPEARANCES»

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Dusty Springfield
I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEEP UP APPEARANCES»

Discover the use of keep up appearances in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to keep up appearances and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Keeping Up Appearances
AN EFFORT TO KEEP UP APPEARANCES. " MOTHER," said Annetta, one evening, about two weeks after the final arrangements had been made between her father's executors and creditors, " is it not time for us to think of moving from this ...
Timothy Shay Arthur, 1847
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Keeping up appearances: a novel of English life ...
... own place he must screw up the tenants, and shun repairs wherever he could do so, patching up the buildings in a temporary way, at the smallest cost possible, taking care at the same time to keep up appearances as much as practicable.
Cyrus Redding, 1861
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The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair ...
This " keeping up appearances," makes more hypocrites than the last age was charged with ; we have people now who go to church " to keep up appearances," — behave with tolerable civility to their wives " to keep up .appearances," — live ...
‎1789
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
idiom keep up appearances to pretend to be happier, less poor, etc. than you really are, because you do not want people to know how bad your situation is: They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances for the sake of their ...
‎2008
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Early Modern Conceptions of Property
Mrs. Garner was especially concerned lest her son know she was asking for aid, commenting to Lady Spencer that “nothing is so hard as to be forced to keep up appearances.” In Miss Dodd's letter on behalf of the Weyburne family, we see a ...
John Brewer, Susan Staves, 2014
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Practical Everyday English: A New Method of Learning ...
Note the expression To keep up appearances which means to pretend that one is still rich or in love by doing the same things and behaving in the same way as one has always done, e.g. I . They used to be very well off but, out of the blue, their ...
Steven Collins, 2007
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The European magazine and London review, by the Philological ...
On the ridiculous Pride of outward Appearances. Keep up Appearances : There lies the Test .' The World ivill give thee Credit far the Rest. THE LONDON REVIEW, AND LITERARY JOURNAL. Shtid sit turpe, . We (hall conclude our account of ...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
The phrase, “ to keep up appearances,' ' which is supposed to accord with a decent pride, is a coverslut of the loosest morality. People who begin by keeping up appearances commonly end by making the appearances keep them. To keep up ...
‎1831
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New Monthly Magazine
The phrase, " to keep up appearances," which is supposed to accord with a decent pride, is a coverslut of the loosest morality. People who begin by keeping up appearances commonly end by making the appearances keep them. To keep up ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1831
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, ...
Both would cheerfully perish rather than not keep up " appearances," and both fight hard for them, in their own way. The former employs a first-rate milliner, and disdains all but dress caps of blonde, and hats of real "Genoa;" her fingers are ...
Edward Mammatt, 1835

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEEP UP APPEARANCES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term keep up appearances is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cops keep de Blasio in a bum-free bubble | New York Post
To keep up appearances.” One park-goer who witnessed the bum's rush called the police deployment “ridiculous.” “You looked around the park ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
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Google Hires SEO Expert To Boost Google Links | PPP Focus
A cynic would argue that Google needs to keep up appearances in terms of SEO, reinforcing the fact that it definitely plays by the rules itself, ... «PPP Focus.com, Jul 15»
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Trust Reason Behind Kaitlyn Bristowe, Shawn Booth's Break Up …
Apparently, the producers of "The Bachelorette" wanted Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth to keep up appearances and deny the split at least ... «KpopStarz, Jul 15»
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'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Lily James and Sam Riley …
... but at the same time instead of it being the black plague, there's this plague of the undead and everybody's trying to keep up appearances. «Showbiz Junkies, Jul 15»
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UPDATED: Regional fireman Museveni's powers fail him in Burundi …
With the two sides so far apart in their positions and only a week to go to a controversial election, the EAC can only keep up appearances, ... «Mail & Guardian Africa, Jul 15»
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'Impastor,' 'The Jim Gaffigan Show,' and the Slow Evolution of TV …
but the man's identity he stole was gay — meaning Buddy has to pretend in order to keep up appearances. While he thankfully doesn't go over ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
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Simple and affordable ways to safeguard your home
Keep up appearances. Because most burglars strike when no one is home, make sure your house always appears occupied. Leaving lights ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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To kill a father's legacy: the real-life shock of To Kill a Mockingbird …
I sense it happens more as we get older and the energy to keep up appearances wanes. You see it in dementia sufferers too. It's mostly ... «WA today, Jul 15»
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Their family ties were defined by money. Suddenly, the money was …
It's a big reason she gave up acting, which she associates with her dad's constant hustle to keep up appearances. “I do believe there are moral ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Luis Gil falls asleep on a goal as individual mistakes cost RSL points
Now, that could be him trying to keep up appearances, but it looked more like a player trying to fix a mistake he'd made. I don't know. We could ... «RSL Soapbox, Jul 15»

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