单词 | to keep up with the joneses |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep up (often keeping up) with the Joneses (or Jones's) 10. intransitive. To continue alongside, keep abreast; to proceed at an equal pace with (literal and figurative). Esp. (originally U.S.) in to keep up (often keeping up) with the Joneses (or Jones's): to strive not to be outdone by one's neighbours; to emulate one's neighbours; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > keep pace with to hold a wayOE to run with ——?c1400 coast1413 endure1588 to keep upa1633 to keep with ——1817 pace1931 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > rival or vie with strive?c1225 countervailc1525 to hold handc1600 compete1620 to keep upa1633 competition1650 tie1680 to fall over one another1888 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > keep up with one's neighbours to keep up (often keeping up) with the Joneses (or Jones's)1913 a1633 G. Herbert Priest to Temple (1652) ii. 5 They are not to be over-submissive and base, but to keep up with the Lord and Lady of the house. 1706 Wooden World Diss. (1708) 35 He tries every Way..to keep up with his Leader. 1890 W. F. Rae Maygrove II. vii. 272 Don't walk so fast..I can hardly keep up with you. 1913 A. R. Momand in Globe (N.Y.) 1 Apr. 16/3 (Comic-strip title) Keeping up with the Joneses—by Pop. 1926 Amer. Speech 1 281 Today most of us live in automobilia, where the automocracy is everlastingly trying to ‘keep up with the Joneses’. 1927 S. Chase & F. J. Schlink Your Money's Worth i. 7 Certain things we buy..to keep up with the Joneses, or happily, to surpass the Joneses. 1933 E. Weekley in Trans. Philol. Soc. 94 This tendency to personify by the use of a familiar name is due to the same psychology which describes the social ambitions of the suburbs as ‘keeping up with the Joneses’. 1952 F. P. Keyes Larry Vincent (1953) xxi. 284 He could not be thankful enough that he did not have a nagging wife, one who insisted on making a show, on ‘keeping up with the Joneses’, as people were beginning to say. 1957 Observer 25 Aug. 7/3 Britain.., always wanting to keep up with the Joneses of the richer South, hankered all the time after white bread only and achieved it one hundred per cent. by the mid-nineteenth century. 1958 Times 8 Nov. 7/2 Keeping up atomically with the Joneses is precisely what the talks were supposed to prevent. 1963 Times 1 Feb. 6/3 Lord Champion said hire-purchase commitments were often entered into through a stupid desire to keep up with the Joneses. This feeling was exploited by doorstep salesmen. 1970 Times 25 May 7/4 We like to keep up with the Joneses and are therefore well disposed to the new definition of democracy. 1971 Times Lit. Suppl. 1393/3 The lesser funerals, of Pooters with Joneses to keep up with, increased in cost, display and competitiveness. < as lemmas |
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