play the game

phr

• ①[通常用于祈使句或否定句]遵守规则

• ②[通常用于祈使句或否定句]光明正大地干
  • "That's not playing the game." We told him when he wanted to desert his wife.他想遗弃妻子时,我们对他说,「那样做是不道德的」。