Hello and welcome to Daily English — Today’s idiom is about flexibility — sometimes rules guide us, but kindness makes us human.
The idiom is: “bend the rules.”
Imagine a teacher who lets a hardworking student submit an assignment one day late.
She’s not breaking the rule — just bending it. What do you think that means?
To bend the rules means to be flexible or make small exceptions to rules.
📚 Let’s check some examples:
The manager bent the rules to help a loyal employee in crisis.Parents sometimes bend the rules when their child is honest.
It’s okay to bend the rules — as long as you don’t break your values.
Fairness and kindness can coexist.
Bending the rules is not about cheating — it’s about compassion.
Have you ever bent the rules for someone — and felt it was the right thing to do?
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