feel it beneath one (to do something)

feel it beneath one (to do something)
feel it beneath one (to do something)
to feel that one would be lowering oneself to do something. •

Tom feels it beneath him to scrub the floor.

Ann feels it beneath her to carry her own luggage.

I would do it, but I feel it beneath me.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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