keep up with the Joneses

Meaning: (idiomatic)To act or makepurchasesforstatusorimagerather than out ofneed, especially for the purpose ofcompetingwith friends,neighbors, or society.Do you really need a fancy new car or are you just trying tokeep up with the Joneses?1938, William F. Bigelow, editor,The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book,page74:One of the greatest pitfalls in the path of any young couple is the feeling that they must "keep up with the Joneses." We all think of ourselves as belonging to a certain social group—whether we express it in snobbish terms or not.1962February, “Talking of Trains: Signalmen's rewards”, inModern Railways, page82:Nor is it good for the name of the railway industry that skilled men should have to put in so much overtime tokeep upfinanciallywith the Jonesesin other walks of life.

Examples:

EN: Folks who can't keep up with the Joneses, and die a little every day because of it.
ES: El tipo de gente que siempre tiene menos que su vecino.
EN: ♪ We gotta keep up with the Joneses ♪
ES: Tendremos más que los vecinos.
EN: Gotta keep up with the Joneses.
ES: Viviremos como reyes.
EN: ♪ We gotta keep up with the Joneses ♪ ♪ The Joneses have a ball ♪ ♪ Oh ♪
ES: Tendremos más que ellos y ya tienen un barco.
EN: ♪ We gotta keep up with the Joneses ♪ ♪ The Joneses the Joneses ♪
ES: Tendremos más que los vecinos.
EN: ♪ We keep up gotta keep up with the Joneses ♪ ♪ Joneses Joneses Joneses Joneses Joneses Joneses ♪
ES: Hasta que no tengamos más que los vecinos.
EN: well, yeah, I wanted to keep up with the Joneses, honey, not the Jetsons!
ES: Bueno, sí, quería mantenerse al día con los vecinos, miel, no los Supersónicos!
EN: Everybody else is just trying to keep up with the Joneses.
ES: El resto solo intenta mantenerse a la par.
EN: One, to keep up with the Joneses.
ES: Una, para mantener las adicciones.
EN: Just to keep up with the Joneses.
ES: Sólo para estar a la altura de los Joneses.
EN: ... havingtosortof keep up with the Joneses.
ES: ... Tenerquetipode mantenerse al día con los vecinos.
EN: Never try to keep up with the Joneses.
ES: Nunca trate de equipararse con los vecinos.
EN: I can keep up with the Joneses.
ES: Yo puedo seguir la Jonesidad
EN: And wanting to keep up with the Joneses, or rather, the Johanssons, the chieftains of western Norway looked for their own source of silver.
ES: Y el deseo de mantenerse al día con los vecinos, o más bien, Los Johanssons, los jefes del oeste de Noruega. Buscando su propia fuente de plata.
EN: You had to keep up with the Joneses or fall behind.
ES: Tenías que estar a la altura de los demás o te quedabas atrás.

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