below sb's dignity
Frequency: 5.02.9 per million words
considered not good enough for someone to do
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Examples (10)
- He felt that making coffee for the team was below his dignity.
- She considered the minor role in the commercial to be below her dignity.
- Some people think that any form of manual labor is below their dignity.
- In his opinion, apologizing for his mistake was below his dignity.
- She decided that responding to such a petty insult was below her dignity.
- I refuse to beg for help; it's completely below my dignity.
- Do you honestly believe that asking for directions is below your dignity?
- The disgraced executive felt that working in retail was below his dignity.
- Although struggling, she felt accepting charity was below her dignity.
- The prince was taught that certain public behaviors were below his dignity.