| 词组 | by the book |
| 释义 | Idiom by the book as the rules demand.Judge Neil runs his courtroom efficiently and by the book. by the bookIn accordance with rules or regulations. If you're looking for someone to approve an exception, don't go to Ted—he does everything by the book. *by the bookand *by the numbersfollowing the rules exactly. (Alludes to a (numbered) book of rules. *Typically: go ~; do something ~; play ~; run something~.) The judge of the contest ran things strictly by the rules and disqualified us on a small technicality. Everyone insisted that we go by the numbers and not accept the proposal. by the bookStrictly according to the rules, as in Our trip leader is going by the book, allowing us to wander off only for short periods. Shakespeare already used the term figuratively in Romeo and Juliet (1:5): "You kiss by the book." Also see by the numbers. by the bookstrictly according to the rules.by the ˈbookstrictly following the rules or the official way of doing something: He insists on doing everything by the book.by the bookVery correctly, in strict accordance with the rules. Book in this expression is a set of established rules or, originally, of moral or religious precepts. Edgar Allan Poe was writing of the card game whist when he said, “To have a retentive memory, and to proceed ‘by the book,’ are points commonly regarded as the sum total of good playing” (“The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” 1841). A somewhat newer synonym is to play by the rules. |
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