| 1 | Poor as he was, he tried hard to keep up appearances. | |
| 2 | He only has those books for show; he never reads them. | |
| 3 | It must be great to be rich and let other people keep up appearances. | |
| 4 | It's silly to spend money just to keep up appearance. | |
| 5 | Jane can put up a good front, but most of us know the real Jane. |