Sentences1: "Please do not stand upon ceremony" (What does it mean, please)

LaboriousHello, What does it mean If somebody says "Please do not stand upon ceremony", please? In what sort of situations can one speak this sentence?

For me personally, never. Are there still people alive who are using that expression? Not in my social class at least. As written, I have my doubts whether even the Queen of England would say it. It's a ve

Dear Clive and CJ, thanks to both of you, for your responses. I read that sentence in my English grammar book, where it is given as an example sentence. And that book has been written by an Indian writer.

Even though I have read (and maybe heard as well) the sentences "Please don't be formal" or "Please don't observe any formality", yet I don't completely understand what th

Laborious But would someone tell me what is being formal, please?

Adding "please" to every question is somewhat formal, I'd say. Also, using "teacher" on this forum is rather formal I'd say, as in

Thanks, teacher.
Hello dear teachers,
Thanks a lot to you, teacher fivejj!
Thanks a lot to you, teacher GPY, for

CalifJimIn the U.S. everyone is so informal that it is seldom necessary to tell them not to be so formal! Maybe that's why I'm having a hard time trying to come up with a better example.

Thank you, teacher! And it's OK, you don't have to think of a better example now, because the way you explained those things to me was clear enough. I understand now where I n

LaboriousThank you, teacher!

Please do not stand upon ceremony!

CJ

CalifJim Are there still people alive who are using that expression?

I was still alive the last time I looked.

fivejedjonI was still alive the last time I looked.

That will do quite nicely as an answer to my question.