"keep up with the joneses"什么意思?
问题描述:
"keep up with the joneses"什么意思?
答
这里只要知道Jones的意思,整个句子就明白了.
jone是英语国家中很普通的姓,所以就被用来指普通人.如:I am just a regular Jones
楼主的话是指:(在家庭财富和其他方面)做到与普通人一样.
见下面的网上讨论:
I understand this phrase to mean keeping up at least the appearance of wealth or class to the roughly equivalent degree that one's neighbors exhibit same,particularly in terms of the display of physical possessions.