Don't get above your raising

Meaning

Do not act like you are better than the people or the humble circumstances you came from. It is a warning against arrogance or becoming pretentious after achieving success.

Stern, moralizing

Used in a sentence

• You might have a fancy degree now, but do not get above your raising.
• She started wearing expensive designer clothes and acting like she did not know us, clearly getting above her raising.
• Mom always reminds me to stay humble and not get above my raising.