Сохранить хорошую мину при плохой игре

Penza · Post by **Penza** » 30 Apr 2008 04:16

Как будет на английском звучать выражение наиболее близкое по смыслу к "Показывать хорошую мину при плохой игре"?

Hummingbird · Post by **Hummingbird** » 30 Apr 2008 20:29

Penza, словарь MacMillan'a дает следующее определение:
front - 5 behaviour that is not sincere because you want to hide your real feelings.
E.g. He always pretended he didn't care but we knew it was just a front.
put on a front
E.g. She's putting on a brave front, but she's really very worried.

Hummingbird · Post by **Hummingbird** » 30 Apr 2008 20:41

Еще один вариант: put on a brave face:
http://www.learn-english-today.com/idio ... ist_P.html

KLM77 · Post by **KLM77** » 07 May 2008 07:10

It's a bluff

(not exact but close)

Цаца · Post by **Цаца** » 07 May 2008 12:08

Keep up appearances