To keep up with the joneses is to try to match your neighbours' possessions. Stop trying to keep up with the joneses.
It is always a criticism, and the race has no finish. The phrase comes from an American comic strip of 1913 whose Joneses were never actually seen.
1phrasekeep up with the jonesesTo try to match your neighbours' possessions.
“The whole street seemed to keep up with the joneses over cars.”
keep up with the joneses is a phrase.
Practised in Idioms