Stop allowing finances to be guided by insecurity and a desire to keep up appearances.

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So they tried to keep up appearances while indulging in a sensual life on the sly.

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When you are an icon, it is important to keep up appearances.

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But Mr Hong still expects Chinese politicians to keep up appearances.

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There was only one way he could keep up appearances.

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We can translate the first point as meaning "we stand to make a crapload of money when this happens, so get on with it, already" and the last part as "got to keep up appearances!"

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Ms. Winslet portrays a nervous woman filled with rage but eager to keep up polite appearances.

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With so many people out of work, the pressure to keep up financial appearances has disappeared.

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Perhaps worst of all to the fastidious and those with appearances to keep up, rubbish chutes will be closed.

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Still, we reasserted the excuse, and started hopping and skipping to keep our heart rates, and appearances, up.

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