Stand on (one's) dignity verb phrase
To maintain one's dignity regardless of facing with challenges
Eventually, he couldn't stand on his dignity when being confronted with benefits.
To demand the treatment that someone thinks he or she deserves
He stood on his dignity and told us to call him "The best".
to indicate one who is underrated, humbled, looked down to and made to have consciousness of being not important as they think.
The verb " stand" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
This phrase is used to describe something very modern or updated or something that no longer looks like what it's used to.
It has been a long time since I left my high school, and now I have to admit that it's certainly not your father's high school anymore.