/zaˈxɔ.vat͡ɕ pɔˈzɔ.rɘ/LEHÇE → TR
Tanım
•to keep up appearances (to pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety)
Diğer Dillerde
to keep up appearances
çekim: geçmiş wahrte den Schein · ortaç den Schein gewahrt · şimdiki wahrt den Schein · ulaç den Schein wahrend
to keep up appearances
eş: sauvegarder les apparences, sauver les dehors, sauver la face
to pretend, feign, front · to appear, seem
çekim: geçmiş aparenté · ortaç aparentado · şimdiki aparenta
eş: pantallar
köken: From aparente + -ar.
alternative form of salvare la faccia
çekim: geçmiş salvàto le apparenze · ortaç salvàto le apparenze
köken: Literally, “to save the appearances”. Compare French sauver les apparences.
to keep up appearances (to pretend to be all right or that everything is going well)
Japonca取り繕う /to̞ɾʲit͡sɨ̥kɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟/ to keep up appearances · to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize · to mend, to repair, to patch up
çekim: geçmiş 取り繕った
köken: From 取(と)り (tori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”).”) + 繕(つくろ)う (tsukurou, “to mend”).
人前を取り繕う
障子の破れを取り繕う
Etimoloji
Literally, “to keep up appearances”.