Idiom
golden rule
Meaning
A fundamental rule or principle.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Treating others with kindness is the golden rule.”
“In this office, the golden rule is to always double-check your work before sending it to the client.”
“Throughout his long career in diplomacy, he maintained that the golden rule of negotiation was to listen far more than one speaks.”
Examples
simple
“Treating others with kindness is the golden rule.”
contextual
“In this office, the golden rule is to always double-check your work before sending it to the client.”
complex
“Throughout his long career in diplomacy, he maintained that the golden rule of negotiation was to listen far more than one speaks.”
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