英语词汇“more honoured in the breach”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

more honoured in the breach (than the observance) and variants: used to refer to an unjust rule or objectionable custom which is better broken than obeyed or observed. Later also: used to refer to a just rule that, in practice is often broken (though this usage is sometimes deprecated).

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1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 18 It [sc. drunken revelry at court] is a custome, more honourd in the breach, Then in the obseruance.

1750 Compar. Horace of Corneille & Rom. Father of Mr. Whitehead 3 'Tis a barbarous Custom [sc. catcalling in theatres]..and, as Hamlet says, More honoured in the Breach than the Observance.

1788 Public Advertiser 17 May The custom of attending at Court on Sunday, however long established and highly sanctioned, would be more honoured in the breach than in the observance.

1832 S. G. Goodrich Syst. Universal Geogr. xxii. 260 In the cities, the custom [sc. of drinking juleps] is, perhaps, ‘more honored in the breach, than the observance’; but in the country..it is a general and daily practice to indulge in these drams.

1896 Amer. Bookmaker Jan. 11/2 The old-time rule that en quads shall be used in poetry is now more honored in the breach than in the observance.

1914 Med. Summary Mar. 21/1 Among the things more honored in the breach than the observance is the practice of giving medicines when there is really no necessity for it.

1957 T. W. Freeman Pre-famine Ireland ii. 22 Leases generally contained a stipulation, sometimes more honoured in the breach, that no subletting or subdivision would be permitted.

1981 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 2 Apr. 4/5 We fight off gun control, honoring in the breach the few laws that do get passed.

2006 Times 25 Nov. 18/1 Although we all know that sitting down as a family is good and grazing on the hoof or eating slumped in front of TV is bad, the rules we make are often more honoured in the breach than the observance.

单词	more honoured in the breach
释义	> as lemmas more honoured in the breach (than the observance) more honoured in the breach (than the observance) and variants: used to refer to an unjust rule or objectionable custom which is better broken than obeyed or observed. Later also: used to refer to a just rule that, in practice is often broken (though this usage is sometimes deprecated). ΚΠ 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 18 It [sc. drunken revelry at court] is a custome, more honourd in the breach, Then in the obseruance. 1750 Compar. Horace of Corneille & Rom. Father of Mr. Whitehead 3 'Tis a barbarous Custom [sc. catcalling in theatres]..and, as Hamlet says, More honoured in the Breach than the Observance. 1788 Public Advertiser 17 May The custom of attending at Court on Sunday, however long established and highly sanctioned, would be more honoured in the breach than in the observance. 1832 S. G. Goodrich Syst. Universal Geogr. xxii. 260 In the cities, the custom [sc. of drinking juleps] is, perhaps, ‘more honored in the breach, than the observance’; but in the country..it is a general and daily practice to indulge in these drams. 1896 Amer. Bookmaker Jan. 11/2 The old-time rule that en quads shall be used in poetry is now more honored in the breach than in the observance. 1914 Med. Summary Mar. 21/1 Among the things more honored in the breach than the observance is the practice of giving medicines when there is really no necessity for it. 1957 T. W. Freeman Pre-famine Ireland ii. 22 Leases generally contained a stipulation, sometimes more honoured in the breach, that no subletting or subdivision would be permitted. 1981 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 2 Apr. 4/5 We fight off gun control, honoring in the breach the few laws that do get passed. 2006 Times 25 Nov. 18/1 Although we all know that sitting down as a family is good and grazing on the hoof or eating slumped in front of TV is bad, the rules we make are often more honoured in the breach than the observance. extracted from breachn. < as lemmas
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