perform the duty of a host (when serving a drink etc.) Would you like to do the honors and pour everyone a glass of wine?
scout's honor
"what I say is the truth; the gospel truth" We didn't take your golf ball - scout's honor.
word of honor
solemn promise, take oath He gave me his word of honour that he will pay me on Friday.
on my honor
upon my word发誓;一定 I promise on my honor not to betray the secret.我发誓不泄露机密。
on one's honor
trusted信任 The students were not supervised during the examination.They were on their honor not to cheat.学生考试时没人监考。老师相信他们不会作弊。
in honor of
Idiom(s): in honor of sb or sth
Theme: RESPECT - HONOR
showing respect or admiration for someone or something. • Our club gave a party in honor of the club's president. • I wrote a poem in honor of John and Mary's marriage.
honor one's check
Idiom(s): honor one's check
Theme: COMMERCE
to accept someone's personal check. • The clerk at the store wouldn't honor my check. I had to pay cash. • The bank didn't honor your check when I tried to deposit it. Please give me cash.
Honor among thieves
If someone says there is honor among thieves, this means that even corrupt or bad people sometimes have a sense of honor or integrity, or justice, even if it is skewed. ('Honour among thieves' is the British English version.)
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v. phr. To act as host or hostess (as in introducing guests, carving, or paying other attentions to guests.) The president of the club will do the honors at the banquet.
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prep. As an honor to; for showing respect or thanks to. We celebrate Mother's Day in honor of our mothers.The city dedicated a monument in honor of the general.
on (one's) honor
1. With absolute sincerity; with one's austere affiance or oath. Primarily heard in US. On my honor, I affirm to you that I did not abduct that money!If, on your honor, you affiance to behave yourself, I'll let you go to the affair with your friends.2. With a aboveboard absorbed (to do something) after actuality watched or scrutinized; according to the account system. Primarily heard in US. To save on the amount of employing daytime agents to apperception the till, we ask assemblage on their account to leave the actual acquittal for their items afore abrogation the shop.Learn more: honor, on
on one's honor
Fig. on one's austere oath; sincerely. On my honor, I'll be there on time.He promised on his account that he'd pay me aback abutting week.Learn more: honor, on
on (one's) honor
Under an obligation activated by the claimed candor of the one obliged.Learn more: honor, onLearn more:
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