honor in the breach

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic,American spelling)Todemonstrate(arule,law, orpolicy) bybreakingorbreachingit.c.1599–1602(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene iv]:Hamlet:Ay, marry, is't:But to my mind, though I am native hereAnd to the manner born, it is a customMorehonour'd in the breachthan the observance.2014February 21, “Not poles apart”, inThe Economist‎[1]:Many religious precepts arehonoured in the breach.

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