Talk:save appearances

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Greek origin?[edit]

e.g. https://www.jstor.org/stable/638722

The phrase was also used in Paradise Lost ("To save appeerances", Book 8).

I think this phrase is not just the same as "keeping up appearances" - at least not in origin. 80.195.150.199 11:40, 23 July 2022 (UTC)Reply