KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES

Meaning of KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES in English

( informal , often disapproving ) to try to have all the possessions and social achievements that your friends and neighbours have

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — strive not be outdone by one's neighbours. → Joneses
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — {v. phr.} To follow the latest fashion; try to be equal with your neighbors. * /Mrs. Smith kept buying every …
Slang English vocab
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — {v. phr.} To follow the latest fashion; try to be equal with your neighbors. * /Mrs. Smith kept buying every …
Словарь английских идиом
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — try to be the same as your neighbors He always worries about keeping up with the Joneses and is always …
English Idioms vocab
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — expr infml They bought it just to keep up with the Joneses — Они купили это, лишь бы не отстать от …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — expr infml They bought it just to keep up with the Joneses — Они купили это, лишь бы не отстать …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — keep up with the Joneses expr infml They bought it just to keep up with the Joneses Они купили это, …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — They bought it just to keep up with the Joneses — Они купили это, лишь бы не отстать от соседей …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — try to maintain the same standard of living as someone else (i.e. a peer or neighbor)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — buy what the neighbors buy, keep pace I can't afford to keep up with the Joneses. I'm not rich!
English Idioms vocabulary
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — v. phr. To follow the latest fashion; try to be equal with your neighbors. Mrs. Smith kept buying every new …
American Idioms English vocabulary
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — жить не хуже людей
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES — жить не хуже людей
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JONESES — /john"ziz/ , n.pl. one's neighbors, friends, business associates, etc.: Keeping up with the Joneses has put him in debt. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JONESES — n. neighbors, friends, one's social equals
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
JONESES — ■ plural noun (in phr. keep up with the ~ ) strive not be outdone by one's neighbours. Origin C19: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JONESES — / ˈdʒəʊnzɪz; NAmE ˈdʒoʊn-/ noun [ pl. ] • IDIOMS - keep up with the Joneses •• WORD ORIGIN late …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JONESES — Jones ‧ es /ˈdʒəʊnzəz, ˈdʒəʊnzɪz $ ˈdʒoʊn-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Jones , a common English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JONESES — also Jones If you say that someone is keeping up with the Joneses , you mean that they are doing …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JONESES — also Jones If you say that someone is keeping up with the ~, you mean that they are doing something …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JONESES — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES keep up with the Joneses (= try to have the same new impressive possessions that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
JONESES — Джоунзы, ? соседи, от кот. нельзя отставать (по уровню жизни; обыкн. в выражении: to keep up with the Joneses ? …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WITH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP — 1. гл. 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. ≈ Можете держать эту книгу месяц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JONESES — pl Джонсы, более обеспеченные соседи и знакомые - to keep up with the * не отставать от соседей, стараться быть …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JONESES — pl Джонсы, более обеспеченные соседи и знакомые - to keep up with the * не отставать от соседей, стараться быть …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITH — with.ogg _I 1. wıð = wthe I и II 2. wıð = withe I и II _II wıð prep 1. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEEP — keep.ogg 1. ki:p n разг. 1. прокорм, питание, содержание ten francs a day and keep - десять франков в день …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
JONESES — n pl Джонсы, более обеспеченные соседи и знакомые to keep up with the Joneses см. keep up we cannot live …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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