Advertisement
Advertisement
on one's honor
Idioms and Phrases
Entrusted to behave honorably and honestly without supervision. For example, The students were on their honor not to consult notes during the exam . Originally alluding to a solemn oath, this idiom dates from the mid-1400s.Example Sentences
As a result, politics almost continually involved attacks on oneās honor and reputationā¦If they got out of hand, it became an affair of honorā¦ There was whole ritual where the offended party asks for an explanationā¦ and then he issues a challenge, and if things donāt get resolved beforehand, which they usually did, it led to a duel.
The ātiniesā manifest themselves as follows: The tiniest infraction earns an abundance of punishment; the tiniest insult is received as a mortal affront; the tiniest bit of humor at oneās expense is absorbed as an assault on oneās honor ā and dishonor must pay a price.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse