keep up appearances and be wasteful

keep up appearances and be wasteful

Extravagance, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ū zh ā ngy á NGL ì, meaning too much attention to ostentation. It comes from Xie Shangbiao, the governor of Chaozhou.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote "as a song poem, it is a great achievement to recommend the suburban temple, to seal the Jitai mountain, to carve out the white jade, to spread the Hongxiu to the heaven, and to make great efforts."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; over exaggeration. As soon as he arrives at his post, he will do this and that. When will he see a success! (the 21st chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty).

Analysis of Idioms

Extravagance and waste