אֵינוֹ לְפִי כְּבוֹדוֹ, לֹא לְפִי כְּבוֹדוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Not in accordance with his honor, not befitting his dignity

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The matter does not match his honor. The thing is not appropriate to be done by that person.

("Sometimes you ignore (the lost object you found) and sometimes you do not ignore. How so? A priest and he is in a cemetery, an elder and it is not befitting his dignity" - Sanhedrin 18b. Also: "My brother Eliyahu will not attend to this task—it is not in accordance with his honor" - Shalom Aleichem/'The Drink of My Brother Eliyahu', and: "It is the obligation of envoys to marry women befitting their honor" - Agnon/'Until Now', 89, and: "Someone who is a doctor, it is not befitting his dignity to give speeches in small towns" - Agnon/'Upon the Handles of the Lock', In Our Youth and in Our Old Age, 225)