ルールはルール

expression

rules are rules; a rule is a rule

Proverb-like expression used to insist that rules must be followed, often when someone wants an exception.

• 遅ち刻こくは遅ち刻こくだ。ルールはルールだから、減げん点てんする。

  Being late is being late. Rules are rules, so I'm deducting points.

• ルールはルールだ。例れい外がいは認みとめられない。

  Rules are rules. No exceptions can be made.