honor Идиома

do the honors

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.)

do the honors|do|honor|honors

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.

in honor of|honor|in honor

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|honor|on

adj. phr. Bound by one's honesty; trusted. The students were not supervised during the examination. They were on their honor not to cheat. The house father put the boys on their honor not to smoke in the dormitory.

honor

honor
In addition to the idiom beginning with honor, also see do the honors; in honor of; on one's honor; word of honor.

honor bound

honor bound
Obliged by one's personal integrity, as in She was honor bound to admit that it was her work and not her sister's. Also see on one's honor.