stand on ceremony

English

Alternative forms

• stand upon ceremony

Pronunciation

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Verb

stand on ceremony (third-person singular simple present stands on ceremony, present participle standing on ceremony, simple past and past participle stood on ceremony)

1. (idiomatic) To act in a formal, ceremonious, or overly polite manner.

   Please make yourself at home – there's no need to stand on ceremony.

   • 2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4:

     “Hmp, don’t stand on ceremony, lads. You may as well savor the blessing of my seaside attire!”

Translations

act in a formal manner

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: အားနာ (my) (a:na)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拘於禮節 / 拘于礼节 (jūyú lǐjié), 講客套 / 讲客套 (jiǎng kètào), 見外 / 见外 (zh) (jiànwài), (be (overly) polite) 客氣 / 客气 (zh) (kèqì), 拘禮 / 拘礼 (zh) (jūlǐ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pönöttää (fi), jäykistellä (fi), kruusailla (fi), kursailla (fi)
• French: faire des manières (fr), faire des façons (fr), (colloquial, Lorraine) faire des âties (fr)
• Italian: fare complimenti
• Japanese: 形式張る (けいしきばる, keishikibaru), (hold back) 遠慮する (えんりょする, enryo-suru)
• Polish: ceregielić się impf, certolić się impf, certować się impf
• Portuguese: fazer cerimônia (pt)
• Russian: церемо́ниться (ru) (ceremónitʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: понашати се формално (ponašati se formalno)
• Spanish: cumplir con las formalidades

See also

• airs and graces