KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES

Meaning of KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES in English

buy what the neighbors buy, keep pace

I can't afford to keep up with the Joneses. I'm not rich!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

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 — ( informal , often disapproving ) to try to have all the possessions and social achievements that your friends and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
UP
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
KEEP
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
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
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
KEEP
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
KEEP
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
KEEP
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

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