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: 

1. The manager bent the rules to help a loyal employee in crisis.
   
   
   
2. Parents sometimes bend the rules when their child is honest.
   
   
   
3. 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?