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2021-03-05 12:03
More honoured in the breach than in the observance British old-fashioned literary adjective phrase
It indicates that something (often the laws and orders) were broken more often than they were obeyed, which becomes obvious.
"Sleeping in class is more honored in breach than in observance," Tom argued.
To assist someone to do something illegal or wrong
To find ways of avoiding or breaking the rules, either those of life in general or of a specific structure or organization, in order to achieve your aim
This adjective phrase is often placed after verb "be" conjugated according to the tense of the sentence.
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This phrase comes from the play Hamlet written by William Shakespear in 1601. Hamlet, a character in the play, used this phrase to describe his stepfather's boozy carryings-on as a custom "more honored in the breach than the observance," he meant it was a bad custom, more honored when violated than when followed. But nowaday, it was used more common with the meaning is that the laws and orders were broken more often than they were obeyed
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