stand on ceremony

English

Alternative forms

stand upon ceremony

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)

(idiomatic) To act in a formal, ceremonious or overly polite manner.
Please make yourself at home - there's no need to stand on ceremony.

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 (zh), 见外 (zh) (jiànwài), (be (overly) polite) 客氣 (zh), 客气 (zh) (kèqì), 拘禮 (zh), 拘礼 (zh) (jūlǐ)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pönöttää, jäykistellä (fi), kruusailla (fi), kursailla (fi)

French: please add this translation if you can
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)
Portuguese: fazer cerimônia (pt)
Russian: церемо́ниться (ru) (ceremónitʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: понашати се формално (ponašati se formalno)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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