English-Swedish translations for rule of thumb

• tumregel en
  Detta är en tumregel för all ny teknologi.This is the rule of thumb for all new technology.
  Den tumregel som gäller, är: Ju onyktrare man kör och ju hastigare, desto fler döda och skadade blir det.The following rule of thumb seems to apply: the more you have drunken and the faster you drive, the more people are killed and injured.
  Ja, medlemsstaterna kan bedöma om det blir allvarliga konsekvenser för kvoterna avseende känsliga bestånd, men vi bör inte låta det bli en tumregel.Yes, Member States can evaluate if there is serious impact on quotas of vulnerable stocks, but we should not let it be the rule of thumb.

Definition of rule of thumb

• A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge
• Approximated, guesstimated

Examples

• The usual rule of thumb says that to calculate when an investment will double, divide 70 by the interest rate.
• I made a quick, rule-of-thumb estimate of the manhours required for the job.

Related words

• rule of the road
• rule of the law
• rule of three
• rules of the road
• rules of the game
• to rule something off