play by rules

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   按某人定的规矩行事

   if sb plays by their own rules or makes other people play by their rules, they set the conditions for doing business or having a relationship

   But in my dream, you play by my rules

电影里这样说 · 8 部

• We won't play by their rules. We'll invent our own.Michael Collins1996
• and if you did that, and you played by his rules...Knives Out2019
• But in my dream, you play by my rulesInception2010
• 'No, we play by the rules.'National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• All right, we play by my rules now.American Pie Presents: Band Camp2005
• Humans have asked us to play by their rules.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• Why don't we just play by the rules?The Way Way Back2013
• I play by the rules, even if my colleagues don't like it.The Life of David Gale2003

在完整场景里学

• 利刃出鞘2019
  • 警探逐个盘问家人：pass the torch（交接衣钵）
  • 私家侦探初次登场：at the behest of（受某人之托）
  • 一家人复盘派对争吵：the black sheep of the family（害群之马）
• 初步举证2022
  • 装傻让证人说漏嘴：play it cool（把激动按住）
  • 律师诱证人入套：blood in the water（破绽已露）
  • 回家报赢挨追问：What's new?（有什么新鲜的）
• 迷途知返2013
  • 车上被打了个三分：putting yourself out there（主动去闯）
  • 邻居话痨式热情迎接：off the wagon（破戒）
  • 听岔歌词的尴尬饭局：grinding on（贴身蹭）

同一词条的短语

• bend the rules
• play by the rules
• the rules of the game
• the rule of law
• a rule of thumb
• work to rule
• the exception that proves the rule
• rule the roost
• rule with a rod of iron
• rule out of court
• divide and rule
• let your heart rule your head