keep up with the joneses in English
try to maintain the same standard of living as someone else (i.e. a peer or neighbor)
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1. Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.
2. The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.