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    keep up with the Joneses

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    A2
    idiomIdiomTo try to own all the same expensive objects and do all the same things as your friends or neighbours, in order to seem as successful as them
    They're always trying to keep up with the Joneses, buying bigger houses and fancier cars.

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    Old Dominion - Make It Sweet

    03:11Old Dominion - Make It Sweet
    • Just trying to keep up with the Joneses at the end of the block.

      Just trying to keep up with the Joneses at the end of the block.

    • Just trying to keep up with the Joneses

      Just trying to keep up with the Joneses

    B1

    Just Let Go | The Philosophy of Fight Club

    17:41Just Let Go | The Philosophy of Fight Club
    • The problem with this behavior is that we dedicate our existence walking the paths that people other than ourselves have laid out for us: this need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.

      The problem with this behavior is that we dedicate our existence walking the paths that people other than ourselves have laid out for us: this need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.

    • This need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.

      This need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.

    B1

    How Facebook Is Good For Your Mental Health

    03:50How Facebook Is Good For Your Mental Health
    • Some worry this is making us more isolated and more stressed out as we try to keep up with the joneses.

      Some worry this is making us more isolated and more stressed out as we try to keep up with the joneses.

    • Some worry this is making us more isolated and more stressed out as we try to keep up with the Joneses.

      Some worry this is making us more isolated and more stressed out as we try to keep up with the Joneses.

    A2

    The YouTube Interview with Katy Perry

    31:32The YouTube Interview with Katy Perry
    • And sometimes it was me trying to keep up with the Joneses, as they say.

      And sometimes it was me trying to keep up with the Joneses, as they say.

    • And sometimes it was me trying to keep up with the Joneses, as they say.

      And sometimes it was me trying to keep up with the Joneses, as they say.

    A2

    Why Looking Poor Is Important

    08:45Why Looking Poor Is Important
    • And so we, A, we don't want to keep up with the Joneses, and

      And so we, A, we don't want to keep up with the Joneses, and

    • And so we, you know, we, A, we don't want to keep up with the Joneses, and

      And so we, you know, we, A, we don't want to keep up with the Joneses, and

    A2

    Top 10 Best Movie Cameos That Made Fun of an Actors Previous Role

    09:46Top 10 Best Movie Cameos That Made Fun of an Actors Previous Role
    • But fear not, he's just playing dress-up to keep up with the Joneses.

      But fear not, he's just playing dress-up to keep up with the Joneses.

    • But fear not, he's just playing dress-up to keep up with the Joneses.

      But fear not, he's just playing dress-up to keep up with the Joneses.

    B2

    Authors@Google: Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers on Collaborative Consumption

    29:59Authors@Google: Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers on Collaborative Consumption
    • I was trying to keep up with the Joneses.

      I was trying to keep up with the Joneses.

    B1