How can I say "Keeping up with the Joneses in Korean?" in 반말 (자연스럽게)
Where that's defined as... "Keeping up with the Joneses" is an idiom in many parts of the English-speaking world referring to the comparison to one's neighbor as a benchmark for social class or the accumulation of material goods.

For example, how could I say something like...

Everyone keeps buying a new car. I need to buy one too. Trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Thanks!

Question

How can I say "Keeping up with the Joneses in Korean?" in 반말 (자연스럽게)
Where that's defined as... "Keeping up with the Joneses" is an idiom in many parts of the English-speaking world referring to the comparison to one's neighbor as a benchmark for social class or the accumulation of material goods.

For example, how could I say something like...

Everyone keeps buying a new car. I need to buy one too. Trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Thanks!

Answer

"Keeping up with the Joneses"

One would say something like:

다들 하는데 나라고 안 할 수 없지.
다 하는데 우리라고 빠질 수 없어.  (빠지다=miss; miss out on)
다들 하니까 우리도 해야지.
(나 if you're single, 우리 for a couple or a family)

So the whole sentence would be:

Everyone keeps buying a new car. I need to buy one too. Trying to keep up with the Joneses.
=> 다들 새 차를 사네. 나도 하나 사야겠다.  나라고 빠질 수 없지.

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