divide and rule イディオム

as a rule

usually, as a habit As a rule I usually get up at 7:00 AM every morning.

bend the rules

change the rules to help, look the other way Ed won't accept late reports. He won't bend the rules.

break the law/rules

not obey the law, commit a crime If you rob a store, you are breaking the law.

follow the rules

read the rules and do what they say, toe the line If everybody follows the rules, we'll have fewer accidents.

golden rule

(See The Golden Rule)

hard and fast rule

rules that cannot be altered to fit special cases There is no hard and fast rule that says you can

rule of thumb

general rule, guideline The rule of thumb for a resume is Don't exceed two pages.

rule out

decide against, eliminate They still haven

rule the roost

be the dominant one in the family She seems rather quiet but she really rules the roost in their family.

The Golden Rule

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If everyone lived by The Golden Rule, you may not like the way you are treated.

divide and rule

To accretion or advance ability by fomenting animosity amid bodies so that they do not affiliate in opposition. The advantage of the band occurred because they were able to bisect and rule—they bamboozled the added parties into angry while they rose to power.Learn more: and, divide, rule

divide and aphorism (or conquer)

the action of advancement supremacy over your opponents by auspicious bone amid them, thereby preventing them from chain adjoin you. This is a adage associated with a cardinal of rulers, and is begin in Latin as divide et impera and in German as entzwei und gebiete . Since the aboriginal 17th century, English writers accept generally abominably attributed it to the Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli ( 1469–1527 ).Learn more: and, divide, rule

diˌvide and ˈrule

accumulate ascendancy over bodies by authoritative them disagree with and action anniversary other, accordingly not giving them the adventitious to affiliate and argue you together: a action of bisect and ruleLearn more: and, divide, rule

divide and conquer/rule/govern, to

To win by accepting one’s opponents to action amid themselves. This action not alone was apparent to be able in wartime by the best age-old of adversaries, but was additionally activated to beneath accurate diplomacy by Jesus: “Every commonwealth disconnected adjoin itself is brought to desolation; and every burghal or abode disconnected adjoin itself shall not stand” (Matthew 12:25). The exact appellation is a adaptation of a Roman maxim, divide et impera (divide and rule). Learn more: and, conquer, divide, rule

Learn more:

More Idioms/Phrases

the fickle finger of fate the fifth column the first leg the gift of the gab the gloves are off the goat the going gets rough the going rate The Golden Rule the gospel truth the grass is greener on the other side of the fenc The Great One The Great White Hope The Great White North The Grim Reaper The Group of Five/ The Regina Five The Group of Seven

English Vocalbulary

divide by divide et impera divide into divide into four pieces divide into quarters divide into small portions divide the spoils divided divided skirt dividedly dividend Dividend Reinvestment Plan dividend warrant dividends divider dividers divides dividing