stand on your dignity

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

stand on your dignity idiom usually disapproving
to demand to be shown the respect which you think you deserve
• The Director didn't stand on her dignity; she helped clear up after the party.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Showing arrogance and conceit ↑Confidence and self-assurance ↑Boasting
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