put on an act

put on an act
разг.
действовать неискренно, притворяться, прикидываться [первонач. амер.]

She was a little sorry what she had done, but he could not be sure that even that was not putting on an act. (J. O'Hara, ‘Appointment in Samarra’, ch. VI) — Фрэни жалела немного, что так все получилось, но Ал думал, что и это притворство.

It was amazing what a happy, pleased, loving act they could put on out in public - and then to see it fall off of both of them to the floor like a discarded overcoat the minute they got home and were alone. (J. Jones, ‘Some Came Running’, book V, ch. LXXI) — Удивительно, какой довольной, счастливой и любящей парой казались они на людях, и как все менялось дома: когда захлопывалась входная дверь и они оставались одни, личина, носимая ими, спадала, они сбрасывали ее вместе с пальто.

‘The truth is,’ he went on, desperately, ‘That it is highly overrated: "It puts on a big act of being sophisticated and cosmopolitan, but at heart it's unalterably provincial."’ (I. Shaw, ‘The Young Lions’, ch. 6) — - Дело в том, - в отчаянии продолжал Ной, - что Нью-Йорк здорово переоценивают. Он похож на провинциала, который лезет из кожи вон, стараясь казаться человеком искушенным и космополитом. Но на самом-то деле он чудовищно провинциален.


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

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  • put on an act — {v. phr.} 1. To perform a play. * /The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents./ 2. To pretend. * / If you always put on an act, her father said, people will never know who you really are. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put on an act — {v. phr.} 1. To perform a play. * /The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents./ 2. To pretend. * / If you always put on an act, her father said, people will never know who you really are. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put on an act — 1. To make a pretence 2. To show off • • • Main Entry: ↑act …   Useful english dictionary

  • put on an act — index fake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • put\ on\ an\ act — v. phr. 1. To perform a play. The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents. 2. To pretend. If you always put on an act, her father said, people will never know who you really are …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put on an act — pretend …   English contemporary dictionary

  • put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • put on — [v1] pretend act, affect, assume, bluff, confound, confuse, counterfeit, deceive, don, fake, feign, make believe, masquerade, playact, pose, pull, put on a front, put on an act, sham, simulate, strike, take on, trick; concept 59 Ant. be truthful… …   New thesaurus

  • act — act, action 1. The distinction between the two words in their general meanings is not always clear: we are judged by our acts or by our actions. In general, however, action has more of the notion of performance, and extends to inanimate things… …   Modern English usage

  • act — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See action, drama, conduct, affectation, representation, rule. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action] Syn. action, deed, performance, exploit; see action 2 . 2. [An official or legal s …   English dictionary for students

  • put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder


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