keeping up appearances

but with the war on, people had other things to do than worry about keeping up appearances.

可是在战争时期，人们忙于其他事务，谁也顾不上外表。

as christians," keeping up appearances" can sometimes become the beginning and end of our spiritual lives.

身为基督徒，我们的灵命有时也从始至终都是要「保持外表得体」；

There's no point in keeping up appearances when everyone knows we're nearly bankrupt.

人家都知道我们快破产了,何必还打肿脸充胖子.

there's a lot of keeping up appearances in terms of letting the men feel that that's the case.

有很多要面子的形式，让男人觉得确实是自己作主。

but keeping up appearances and proving your ability is no easy task.

但要做到保持体面并证明自身能力并非易事。

You are fully cognizant of the importance of keeping up appearances now.

现在你充分意识到保持美好外观的重要性.

His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.

父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。