1. stand on ceremony : 客气, 讲客套；
名词
1. 仪式；典礼
A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
2. 礼节;礼数;客套
Ceremony consists of the special things that are said and done on very formal occasions.
3. 很快地;随意地
If you do something without ceremony, you do it quickly and in a casual way.
4. see also: master of ceremonies
1. any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
e.g. the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine
he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball
he disposed of it without ceremony
2. the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
e.g. an inaugural ceremony
3. a formal event performed on a special occasion
e.g. a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor