Put on airs;show off;keep up appearances
He bought the saloon car to keep up appearances.
At home he didn't have to keep up appearances.
He contrived to keep up appearances to a certain extent before Rushton.
Though she is not well-off, she tries to keep up appearances.
If you're reliable but never keep up appearances, you will be thought unreliable by most.
We live in a society driven by looks and the ability to keep up appearances.
It must be great to be rich and let other people keep up appearances.
In order to keep up appearances, they borrowed a lot of money to give a big wedding party.
Kuroneko's acquaintances always manage to find her with the worst possible timing, putting her ability to keep up appearances and make up excuses to the test.
She was so angry that she could barely keep up appearances through dinner; as soon as she could she went home
The fraud that does occur on Election Day is more about showing loyalty and getting the numbers just right to keep up appearances.
