according to Hoyle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), an early author on the subject of card gaming.
Pronunciation[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- (idiomatic) In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games; in the proper or expected manner.
- 1902, Gilbert Parker, chapter 11, in Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt:
- This isn't a country where things are cut and dried, and done according to Hoyle.
- 1912, Robert W. Service, “The Quitter”, in Rhymes of a Rolling Stone[1]:
- When you're lost in the Wild, and you're scared as a child, / And Death looks you bang in the eye, / And you're sore as a boil, it's according to Hoyle / To cock your revolver and . . . die.
- 2007 February 22, Phil Axelrod, “District Spotlight: PAC men's basketball follows form”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 8 Aug. 2008:
- The opening round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament went according to Hoyle.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
in strict accordance with the rules
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Further reading[edit]
- Gary Martin (1997–) “According to Hoyle”, in The Phrase Finder.