feel it beneath (one) to (do something)

feel it beneath (one) to (do something)

To believe that one is too important or special to do something. Geez, does that intern really feel it beneath him to get coffee for us? I may be a CEO, but I don't feel it beneath me to clean my own house, OK?
See also: beneath, feel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

feel it beneath (one) (to do something)

to feel that one would be lowering oneself to do something. Tom feels it beneath him to scrub the floor. Ann feels it beneath her to carry her own luggage. I would do it, but I feel it beneath me.
See also: beneath, feel
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
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  • big fish
  • crush it
  • catch a tiger by the tail
  • the blame for (something)
  • drop into (one's) lap
  • drop/fall into somebody's lap
  • blame for
  • blame for (something)
  • blamed