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
Jill	JIL	English
ŞEhrazad	-	Turkish
Milivoj	MEE-lee-voi (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
'Avima'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Lew	LEF	Polish
Militsa	-	Medieval Slavic