斯文扫地 meaning in English

disgrace one's scholarly dignity -- a scholar's misbehaviour; be a disgrace to the educated class; bring disgrace on the intellectuals; decadence of the intellectuals; have the educated humbled to [in] the dust; lack of scholastic dignity; refinement swept to the ground; scholarly dignity swept into the dust; the cultural tradition topples over [down].; degenerate [degrade] oneself