The passage more honored in the breach than the observance, from "Hamlet," refers to a custom that is more honorably ignored than followed — not one that is more often ignored.
As the stylebook says: more honored in the breach.
I've never been more honored or proud to support anyone for president in my life".
That seems to be a rule more honored in the breach.
Balanchine's birthday, more honored now than in his lifetime, was on Jan . 22
SINCE the United Nations was created in 1945, its Charter has been more honored in the breach than the observance.
When Mr Rabbit invited me to write a further tale, I was more honored than I can say.
But similar to "Honesty is the best policy," Voltaire's admonition is more honored in the breach than in regular observance.
Given the scarcity of some of his best films, Renoir risks being more honored in the breach than the observance.
Wouldn't most dads feel more honored by a donation to any of these organizations than by a donation to commercialism?
SAN FRANCISCO — Bertolt Brecht, that famous game changer of the 20th-century theater, often seems to be more honored in theory than in practice, at least in America.
