beneath your dignity

Related to word: dignity

Idiom

Definition

  1. C2

    If something is beneath your dignity, you consider it to be unsuitable for someone of your status or importance.

    有失身份

    • He considers himself too important to do any menial work; it's beneath his dignity.

      他認為自己太重要了,不能做任何卑微的工作;這有失他的身份。

    • As a president, he felt it was beneath his dignity to handle such trivial matters himself.

      作為總統,他覺得親自處理這種瑣事有失身份。

    • She refused to participate in the office gossip because she felt it was beneath her dignity.

      她拒絕參與辦公室八卦,因為她覺得這有失身份。