golden rule
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldən ruːl/
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- And remember the golden rule: Keep your eyes and your ears open and your mouth shut.
- follow the golden rule
- one of the golden rules
And that is something that has become a golden rule for me and for my business.
- And that is something that has become a golden rule for me and for my business.
- So listen up fellas, because here's the golden rule of modern dating, OK?
- And the golden rule is that you need to make people feel an emotion.
- I think the golden rule of a good interview is, well, there are two Firstly, don't ask questions that people can find out from Google.
- And so the golden rule as a new guy is always volunteer for everything, always come in early, always stay late and keep your mouth shut.
Examples
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You broke the golden rule.
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And the golden rule is that you need to make people feel an emotion.
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What would you say is your final golden rule to living a high performance life?
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And that is something that has become a golden rule for me and for my business.
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Always remember the golden rule.
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In the private sector, the golden rule of job searching is 'network, network, network.'
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Be passionate and have fun; that would be my golden rule.
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So I do think that the golden rule, reciprocity is a, is a crucial principle that can do a lot of good.
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The simple way of making this happen is to follow what I've been calling the golden rule of good fiscal policy.
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The golden rule of communication is to always listen carefully before responding.
Synonyms
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3.4
A moral rule that guides what you think is right or wrong
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2.7
An important rule or idea that forms the base for other knowledge
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compounds 'golden' (valuable, excellent) + 'rule' (guiding principle) make it clear that this is an especially important or valued rule, so learners can infer a general sense of prominence. However, the specific normative content—i.e. the reciprocity principle 'treat others as you would like to be treated'—is conventionalized and not fully predictable from the parts (though cross-linguistic equivalents exist), so it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase golden rule uses golden to mean very valuable and rule to mean a guiding idea, so it gives the picture of the most important rule to follow. That's why it now means a basic principle you should always follow in a situation.