mind your manners
Act with decorum
Mind your manners is an instruction to behave politely and follow social conventions.
It's typically directed at children by parents or teachers: Mind your manners at Grandma's house.
Adults use it to gently remind someone they're being rude, or sarcastically when someone has already crossed a line.
- politeShowing good manners
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- behaveAct in acceptable ways
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
proper etiquette · napkin · elbows · sit up straight · please · thank you · excuse me · chew · say please · quiet · respectful · proper · ladylike · gentlemanly · silverware · posture · interrupting · inside voice
- life advicebe honest, be kind, be patient, work hard, keep promises
- momismsI told you so, no means no, back in my day, last warning
- sayingssayings, saying, proverb, proverbs, adage
- scoldingscold, scolding, rebuke, berate, reprimand
- mannersetiquette, polite, rude, politeness, civility
- moral sayingsdo unto others, golden rule, do the right thing, honesty is the best policy, treat others fairly
mind your mannerslet loose
Remove restraints from
go wild · misbehave · act up · act out · throw caution to the wind
mind your mannerslet your hair down
anything goes · suit yourself · have at it · be my guest · cut loose
mind, minds, minded, minding, mindful, mindfully, mindfulness, mindless, mindlessly