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rules are rules

rules are rules proverb: the rules are certain and cannot be ignored or worked around.

Proverb

rules are rules

  1. The rules are certain and cannot be ignored or worked around.

Antonyms of rules are rules

Forms of rules are rules

alternative formrules is rules

Questions about rules are rules

What does rules are rules mean?
Rules are rules means the rules are certain and cannot be ignored or worked around.
What part of speech is rules are rules?
Rules are rules is a proverb.

Words near rules are rules in the dictionary

  1. rules
  2. rules against perpetuities
  3. rules and regulations
  4. rules are made to be broken
  5. rules are meant to be broken
  6. rules are rules
  7. rules are there to be broken
  8. rules in
  9. rules is rules
  10. rules lawyer
  11. rules lawyered

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