hard cases make bad laws
hard cases make bad laws
Laws based on unique and unusual situations are ineffective or difficult to enforce. A: "Just because one idiot threw a cupcake in the cafeteria, we're banned from having food anywhere on campus." B: "I don't know how they're going to enforce that—hard cases make bad laws."
See also: bad, case, hard, law, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- by the dozen
- by the dozen(s)
- by the dozens
- idiot pills
- hand someone something
- idiot oil
- cupcake
- bury in
- bury oneself in
- hand to