| 单词 | rules is rules |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrules is rules j. rules are rules (also, humorously, rules is rules): rules must be obeyed (usually said when the rule seems irrational). ΚΠ 1853 New Sporting Mag. July 115 As a member of the club..I ought to be bound by a committee of honourable gentlemen, whose practical ability ought not to be doubted, for—‘rules are rules’. 1920 Overland Monthly & Out West Mag. Apr. 275/2 We've got to show these youths that rules are rules. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 36 3/1 Rules are rules, and if they are to be embraced wholeheartedly and followed intelligently, they will have to be clarified to the last phrase or word. 1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 13 I'm sorry Mr Nesbitt but rules are rules. 2009 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 26 July After all, rules is rules; and the rules said that there was to be no gargling done by anyone, full stop. < as lemmas |
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