put up a front

I put up a lot of front money and have nothing to show for it.

我预付了一大笔款子,可啥也没见着.

Although this family put up quite a front, they really are not very well off.

虽然这家人很会撑场面, 其实并不富裕.

To make a courageous show or to put up a stalwart front.

做勇敢状或建起一道坚固的前线.

Well aware of the danger he was in, the guerrilla put up a bold front and kept a stiff upper lip.

明知自己处境危险，但这个游击队员勇敢对付，顽强不屈。

They also put a sign up on the front door with the words 'Fight Club' written on it, referring to the hit book and movie in which characters are told not to talk about what they were doing.

他们在前门上贴了写有搏击俱乐部字样的标牌。一部根据同名畅销书改编的电影就叫《搏击俱乐部》，片中人物被告知不能谈论自己所做的事。