be a credit to

Idioms  

1. see under do credit to.

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Example Sentences

“I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry,” McDaniel said accepting the award.

From Seattle Times

Writing in the Times, movie critic Bosley Crowther proclaimed the film “so good, so substantial and powerful that it would be a credit to any director in the world.”

From Washington Post

For Maryland voters, the choice is easy; a victory for Mr. Brown would be a credit to the state.

From Washington Post

“Every ethnic group, they start out with these street gangs, but as they mature they turn into something far more legitimate and something that could be a credit to the community,” he told the Chicago Reader in 1995.

From Slate

“Now, my dear young ladies, remember what your ma said, and don’t fret. Come and have a cup of coffee all round, and then let’s fall to work and be a credit to the family.”

From Literature