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• keep up with the Joneses — To keep on an equal social footing with one s neighbours, eg by having possessions of the same quality in the same quantity • • • Main Entry: ↑keep * * * keep up with the Joneses informal, showing disapproval phrase to try to be as rich,… …   Useful english dictionary

• keep up with the Joneses — ► keep up with the Joneses strive not to be outdone by one s neighbours or peers. Main Entry: ↑keep …   English terms dictionary

• keep up with the Joneses —    to live beyond your means or extravagantly    The Joneses are your mythical neighbours who always seem able to afford the new curtains you have coveted or the garden tractor you have been collecting brochures about, and with whom you seek to… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• keep up with the Joneses —  Remain equal in social standing or material possessions with one s neighbours …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• keep up with the Joneses — strive not be outdone by one s neighbours. → Joneses …   English new terms dictionary

• keep up with the Joneses — informal, showing disapproval to try to be as rich, successful etc as your neighbours …   English dictionary

• Keeping up with the Joneses — is a popular catchphrase in many parts of the English speaking world. It refers to the desire to be seen as being as good as one s neighbours or contemporaries using the comparative benchmarks of social caste or the accumulation of material goods …   Wikipedia

• The Millionaire Next Door — The book The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America s Wealthy (1996, ISBN 0 671 01520 6) is by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. This book is a compilation of research done by the two authors in the profiles of… …   Wikipedia

• Neighbours — This article is about the Australian soap opera. For other articles with similar titles, see Neighbors (disambiguation). Neighbours Current Neighbours opening title card Genre Soap opera Created by …   Wikipedia

• keep — [c]/kip / (say keep) verb (kept, keeping) –verb (t) 1. to maintain in one s action or conduct: to keep watch; to keep step; to keep silence. 2. to cause to continue in some place, position, state, course, or action specified: to keep a light… …  

• keep — v. & n. v. (past and past part. kept) 1 tr. have continuous charge of; retain possession of. 2 tr. (foll. by for) retain or reserve for a future occasion or time (will keep it for tomorrow). 3 tr. & intr. retain or remain in a specified condition …   Useful english dictionary