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词组 keep up with the Joneses
释义

keep up with the Joneses try to maintain the same social and material standards as your friends or neighbours.

☞ This phrase originated as a comic-strip title, 'Keeping up with the Joneses-by Pop' in the New York Globe (1913). Jones, one of the most common family names among English-speakers, is used as a generic name for neighbours or presumed social equals.

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