是一个典型的美式习语；表示“和你的富裕邻居保持同等的生活方式或质量”；这其实是一句讽刺的话；指“和左邻右舍比排场比阔气”。
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.
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