Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A fundamental rule or principle.

    goldene Regel

    золото́е пра́вилоzolotóje právilo

    any important rule

  2. The principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.

    goldene Regel

    золото́е пра́вилоzolotóje právilo

  3. (England, Wales, idiomatic)A method of statutory interpretation, whereby a judge will deviate from a literal interpretation of the law to the extent necessary to circumvent obvious absurdities or (sometimes) conclusions repugnant to public policy.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. What's the golden rule?

    ruКаково золотое правило? — marafon

  2. The golden rule is that there is no golden rule.

    ruЗолотое правило в том, что нет золотого правила. — marafon

    deDie goldene Regel heißt: es gibt keine goldene Regel. — Esperantostern

  3. The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.

  4. The world follows one golden rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.

    ruВ мире есть одно золотое правило: у кого есть золото, тот диктует правила. — Olya

    deDie Welt folgt einer goldenen Regel: Wer das Gold hat, bestimmt die Regeln. — mhr

  5. The only golden rule is that he who has the gold makes the rules.

    ruЕдинственное золотое правило состоит в том, что у кого золото, тот и устанавливает правила. — sharptoothed

    deDie einzige goldene Regel besteht darin, dass derjenige, der das Gold hat, auch die Regeln setzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

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By meaning 1
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Forms

plural: golden rules
Singulargolden rule
Pluralgolden rules

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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