stand on ceremony

to hold rigidly to protocol or formal manners. (Often in the negative.) Please help yourself to more. Don't stand on ceremony. We are very informal around here. Hardly anyone stands on ceremony.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bakir	-	Turkish
Lujayn	-	Arabic
Amara	-	Western African, Igbo
Pirkko	PEERK-ko	Finnish
Kornel	KAWR-nel (Polish)	Polish, Czech, Slovak
Bysshe	BISH	English (Rare)