be on best behaviour



be on your best behaviour

  (British & Australian) also be on your best behavior (American & Australian)
to behave very well, usually because you are in an important or formal situation Now children, I want you all to be on your best behaviour when grandma arrives.
See also: behaviour, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Stelios-Greek
Lind[lind]
Auroraow-RO-rah (Spanish), ə-RAWR-ə (English), OW-ro-rah (Finnish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Golbahar-Persian
AthÉNaÏSa-te-na-EESFrench
Hadas-Hebrew