Italian-English translations for mantenere le apparenze

• keep up appearances
  During the announcement of candidacies there was not even an attempt to keep up appearances. Durante l'annuncio delle candidature non vi è stato nemmeno un tentativo di mantenere le apparenze.
  It was important to keep up appearances and not give European citizens the impression that the structures of a federal state were being put in place. Era importante mantenere le apparenze e non dare ai cittadini europei l'impressione che si stessero per mettere in atto le strutture dello Stato federale.
  For my fathers sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.

Related words

• mantenere
• mantenere la propria posizione
• mantenere un segreto
• mantenere il silenzio