put a face on smth.

put a face on smth.
(put a (good) face on smth.)
притворяться довольным чем-л., не унывать перед лицом чего-л.; представлять, истолковывать что-л. в благоприятном свете; делать хорошую мину при плохой игре

Of course Amy would put the best face she could on it, but they must have been miserably unhappy... (S. Lewis, ‘The Trail of the Hawk’, part III, ch. 36) — Конечно, Эми старалась изобразить свою семейную жизнь в наилучшем виде, но она и ее муж были, видимо, очень несчастны...

Shirley: "...You're just trying to put a good face on things. But you can't." (D. Cusack, ‘Shoulder the Sky’, act III) — Шерли: "...Вы стараетесь утешить меня и делаете вид, что все обстоит благополучно, но это у вас не получается."


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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