stand upon one's dignity

English

Verb

stand upon one's dignity (third-person singular simple present stands upon one's dignity, present participle standing upon one's dignity, simple past and past participle stood upon one's dignity)

(dated) To have or affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character.
- 1881, Richard Grant White, “Habits of English Life”, in The Atlantic Monthyl:
  They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else.
- 1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear, Part 2 Chapter 2:
  "By Gar! you've got an Irish tongue in your head anyhow," cried the saloon-keeper, not quite certain whether to humour this audacious visitor or to stand upon his dignity.

References

dignity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

单词	stand upon one's dignity
释义	stand upon one's dignity English Verb stand upon one's dignity (third-person singular simple present stands upon one's dignity, present participle standing upon one's dignity, simple past and past participle stood upon one's dignity) (dated) To have or affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character. 1881, Richard Grant White, “Habits of English Life”, in The Atlantic Monthyl: They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else. 1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear, Part 2 Chapter 2: "By Gar! you've got an Irish tongue in your head anyhow," cried the saloon-keeper, not quite certain whether to humour this audacious visitor or to stand upon his dignity. References dignity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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