stand on dignity

stand on (one's) dignity

1. To maintain one's dignity or propriety when faced with challenges. It's hard to stand on your dignity when you've lost all of your worldly possessions.

2. To demand better treatment than others are given. I can't believe he's trying to stand on his dignity and get us to call him "sir" when we all have more seniority than him.

stand on one's dignity

to remain dignified in spite of difficulties. I will stand on my dignity to the very end. she stood on her dignity and ignored all the nonsense going on around her.

词组	stand on dignity
释义	stand on dignity stand on (one's) dignity 1. To maintain one's dignity or propriety when faced with challenges. It's hard to stand on your dignity when you've lost all of your worldly possessions. 2. To demand better treatment than others are given. I can't believe he's trying to stand on his dignity and get us to call him "sir" when we all have more seniority than him. See also: dignity, on, stand Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. stand on one's dignity to remain dignified in spite of difficulties. I will stand on my dignity to the very end. she stood on her dignity and ignored all the nonsense going on around her. See also: dignity, on, stand McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: stand on (one's) dignity stand on your dignity make do and mend be put in (one's) place abide by a decision decision give (someone) face live out of (one's) car car beneath your dignity
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