keep up with the Joneses
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A2 初級
idiom慣用語；成語與人攀比
They're always trying to keep up with the Joneses, buying bigger houses and fancier cars.
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放手吧 |《鬥陣俱樂部》的哲學 (Just 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.
Tyler 在餐廳的湯裡小便。
- 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.
這種需要隨波逐流、害怕落後、病態地在意別人怎麼看我們、必須跟上鄰居的腳步。
Authors@Google：Rachel Botsman 與 Roo Rogers 暢談協同消費！ (Authors@Google: Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers on Collaborative Consumption)
- I was trying to keep up with the Joneses.
意思是，在草莓切片器出現之前，生活就完整了嗎？所以，我們擁有的東西中有 80%
什麼？！臉書其實對心理健康有益！ (How 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.
有些人擔心當我們和其他人做比較，會讓我們更孤立和感到壓力。
- Some worry this is making us more isolated and more stressed out as we try to keep up with the Joneses.
我們得知其他人的事，這些事源源不絕，我們太容易不斷拿自己和別人比較。
為什麼看起來窮很重要？ (Why Looking Poor Is Important)
- And so we, A, we don't want to keep up with the Joneses, and
那些才是你真正的朋友，你喜歡的人。
- And so we, you know, we, A, we don't want to keep up with the Joneses, and
所以我們，你知道的，我們，A，我們不想攀比，而且
