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" Keeping up with the Joneses " is a catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world referring to the comparison to one's neighbour as a benchmark for social caste or the accumulation of mat...
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The materialistic masses who strive for the latest and greatest are said to be "keeping up with the Joneses." But who are the Joneses and how can they afford so much cool stuff? Read on, shopaholics... The phrase comes from an ea...
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How did the phrase "keeping up With the Joneses" originate? ... How did they come up With the name for duct tape? ... What's With the mullet? Who came up With the term?
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During the 1950s, Britain's Daily Mirror, where Jane and Andy Capp began, ran a new strip called Keeping Up with the Joneses. It took none of the characters, none of the style, nothing at all from the original, except its title — which obviously came from the popular expression, not Pop Momand's work.
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While I agree about the whole keeping-up-with-the-joneses theory, there are other aspects, in my view. ... I would have to agree that all Americans have the right to own a house,….PROVIDED they can pay for it. Period. And I agree that Greed and Keeping up with the Joneses are big problems.
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When it comes to surnames, the Nguyens are keeping up with the Smiths and the Joneses. - ... Watching 10 Years Younger in 10 Days actually ended up ageing me in the long run.
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He was born and raised in Transylvania by his parents, Dracula and Kate Beckinsale. His brain was fused with a snowball and a dead cat at birth, which is the main reason why he is scared of fire. During school, he was known as the quiet kid and was not seen playing the violin, tap dancing, doing gym...
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Of course, this has all been my way of saying "hey, this links post isn't so bad" which may or may not hold up to scrutiny. The truth is, its been a rough semester for me, trying to juggle teaching and writing my dissertation.
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We’ve all experienced keeping up with the Joneses moments at some time in our life. We see the next door neighbor buy a new car or hear from a co-worker who takes his family on trips to Europe every year and immediately we feel the burning desire to do the same.
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It was never easy keeping up with the Joneses and yesterday the reason became clear. ... It was never easy keeping up with the Joneses and yesterday the reason became clear. In one of the most seismic confessionals of a sport long tainted by liars and cheats, Marion Jones admitted she had taken steroids before her five...
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