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1 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) ikke ville stå tilbage for naboerne* * *['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) ikke ville stå tilbage for naboerne -
2 keep up with the Joneses
'‹ounziz (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) no ser menos que los demáskeep up with the Joneses*expr.• no ser menos que los vecinos (Nivel de vida) expr. -
3 keep up with the joneses
"paвнятьcя нa Джoнcoв", cтapaтьcя жить нe xужe дpугиx, жить нe пo cpeдcтвaм, чтoбы нe oтcтaвaть oт дpугиx (ocoб. oт cвoиx coceдeй) [пepвoнaч. aмep.', выpaжeниe вoшлo в язык пocлe cepии кapикaтуp нa тeму "Kaк нe oтcтaвaть oт Джoнcoв xoтя бы пo внeшнeму виду"]Just because our neighbours have bought a Daimler, that's no reason why we should buy one. I have no intention of keeping up with the Joneses. His elementary school pals would be earning five or six pounds whilst he had only two. He'd been trying to keep up with the Joneses, the poor little devil (J. Braine)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > keep up with the joneses
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4 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) dragast ekki aftur úr nágrönnunum -
5 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) nem akar lemaradni -
6 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) não ser ultrapassado -
7 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) aşık atmak, aşağı kalmamak -
8 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) ne zaostajati za sosedi -
9 keep up with the Joneses
'‹ounziz (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) olla mukana elintasokilvassa -
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'‹ounziz (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) være på høyde med naboen -
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['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) (non voler essere da meno dei vicini di casa) -
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13 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) dorównać innym -
14 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) nedzīvot sliktāk par kaimiņiem -
15 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) nenusileisti kitiems, neatsilikti nuo kitų -
16 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) hålla vakt (utkik) -
17 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) a ţine pasul cu vecinii -
18 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) δεν υστερώ (από τους άλλους) -
19 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) vyrovnat se sousedům -
20 keep up with the Joneses
['‹ounziz] (to have everything one's neighbours have: She didn't need a new cooker - she just bought one to keep up with the Joneses.) vyrovnať sa susedom
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