老规矩

A brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club; a nervy thing to say.

一个无礼的新来的人抗议进酒吧的老规矩；冒昧地说。

You can't beat the system , ie You must conform to it.

老规矩触动不得(必须照办).

Times had changed, money was scarce, but nothing had altered the rule of Southern life that families always made room gladly for indigent or unmarried female relatives.

时代变了，钱虽不多，可是什么也改变不了南方的老规矩：对于亲属中生活无着落或未婚的女子，家家都是热烈欢迎的。

Times have changed, and the old way of doing things is no good any more.

时代变了，那一套老规矩不行了。

Those strict proprieties of the old days are now regarded as a Procrustean bed.

那些老规矩现在被认为是普洛克路斯特斯之床.

This custom has been passed down by our predecessors.

这条老规矩是祖上传下来的.

What he couldn't stand was the way things went at the mill.

他受不了的是磨坊里的那一套老规矩.

This classic American campus is "straight out of central casting," says architect Natalie Shivers, who has been guiding the prestige Ivy Leaguer through an ambitious expansion plan.

这所著名的常春藤盟校正在进行一项雄心勃勃的扩展计划，建筑师Natalie Shivers在里面做指导工作。她表示，这座古典的美国校园“完全是按老规矩”建造。

Not everything can be done according to the old ways.

不能什么事都按老规矩办.

He does everything according to old rules and regulations.

他按老规矩办事.

After that, they broke the Sabbaths right along as fast as they turned up.

从此以后, 他们就不再守安息日的老规矩了.

Now this'll be a straight walk-off, old school rules.

这是一次直接比拼，学校老规矩。