VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Unwritten law

Meaning:

The phrase unwritten law refers to an accepted rule in spite of its informality.

Examples:

  • You know, it's an unwritten law.
  • Such is the unwritten law of the modern Talmud.
  • Well, kinda like you said, it's just a sort of... an unwritten law.
  • I mean, it's sort of an unwritten law in this business.
  • Millie, sweetheart, it's an unwritten law.
  • She had no one, but the unwritten law ordered us to take care of her.
  • Well, it's sort of like an unwritten law.
  • There is no such thing as the unwritten law.
  • It's an unwritten law.
  • It's an unwritten law.