- beneath sb.’s dignity
- غَيْرُ لائق \ beneath sb.’s dignity: unsuitable for sb. to do: It was beneath the teacher’s dignity to sweep the classroom. improper: not proper; unsuitable; not polite: improper behaviour.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
beneath sb.’s dignity
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