Talk:save appearances
Latest comment: 1 year ago by 80.195.150.199 in topic Greek origin?
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)