Asked • 08/05/19

What does "one needn't stand on trifles" mean?

I'm reading "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James, and I found the following two sentences.> "I suppose that after a girl has refused an English lord she may do anything," her aunt rejoined. "After that one needn't stand on trifles."What does "one needn't stand on trifles" mean?

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