rule of the road
Example Sentences
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The rule of the road is you never attack down, you always attack up.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2010
The most important rule of the road, however, is never — Baker looked me in the eye — eat in the venue, even if they invite you.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2010
The rule of the road," says Bernard Shaw, "is simply a device to let you know what the other fellow is going to do.
From Time Magazine Archive
He speaks his mind, keeps several steps ahead of his superiors and violates just about every other rule of the road for diplomats in the U.S. foreign service.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for the waggons, these were frequently unattended, their custodians trudging disinterestedly in rear, absorbed in good-natured argument and leaving their bullocks to place their own interpretation upon the rule of the road.
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
