Keeping up appearances

To pretend to be happier, less poor, etc. than you really are, because you do not want people to know how bad your situation is:

They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances for the sake of their children.

Cambridge Dictionary

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“Tolerantie is in vele opzichten absoluut noodzakelijk voor het succes van de democratie. Als mensen zo sterk vasthouden aan hun principes dat ze vinden dat ze ervoor moeten sterven of doden, zal elk meningsverschil leiden tot oorlog of een staatsgreep.”

“Tolerance is, in many ways, absolutely essential to the success of democracy. If people hold their principles so strongly that they feel they ought to die or kill for them,  every difference of opinion will lead to war or to a coup d’état.”

1 Hyacinth Can’t Handle Her Gooseberry Wine | Keeping Up Appearances

20 jul. 2020

Bought for a princely sum of £10, Hyacinth is now the proud owner of several bottles of Dowager Lady Ursula’s homemade gooseberry wine. But can she handle its potency?

2 Where Has Richard Gone? | Keeping Up Appearances

Gepubliceerd op 17 feb. 2020

It’s time for Richard to drive Hyacinth and Elizabeth to Church, but where is he? It looks like Onslow has decided to teach Richard about the “joys of irresponsibility”. 
 
Keeping Up Appearances Season 3 Episode 4.

“One way to ruin your eye is drinking too much of this stuff.”

3 Richard Falls Through a Ceiling | Keeping Up Appearances

24 feb. 2020

All they wanted was a lovely holiday cottage, but some local yokels and a dodgy attic send the Bucket’s running home.

4 Hyacinth Gets Stuck on a Ghost Train | Keeping Up Appearances

17 aug. 2020

Hyacinth finds herself in a precarious situation involving a senior citizen and a ghost train. Keeping Up Appearances Season 5 Episode 1.

5 Hyacinth’s Best “Chinese Takeaway” Moments | Keeping Up Appearances

19 jul. 2019

Hyacinth’s private white pearl slim-line telephone is mistaken for the Green Lotus Chinese Takeaway.

6 Blind driver prank

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10 apr. 2011

Crazy blind man drives his car even though he can’t see anything. Using his cane through the window doesn’t seem to be any good.

A presentation of the Just For Laughs Gags. The funny hidden camera pranks show for the whole family. Juste pour rire les gags, l’émission de caméra caché la plus comique de la télé!

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No self-awareness

Beat around the bush

Inequality

Wolf in sheep’s clothing

Magdeburg hemispheres