Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

everything is fair in love and war

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: ev-ery-thing is -fair in love and war
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

4

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

People ignore societal norms or morality in matters of romance and conflict.

Inflected Forms

all's fair in love and war (alternative) all is fair in love and war (alternative)

Questions

What does everything is fair in love and war mean?: People ignore societal norms or morality in matters of romance and conflict.

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