bend the law/rules

to change the rules in a way that is considered to be not important or not harmful

变通，通融;放松规定

Can't you bend the rules a little? I was only a few minutes late.

你就不能稍微变通一下吗?我只不过迟到了几分钟而已。

I know he's by the book, but doesn't the man ever bend a rule?

我知道他一向循规蹈矩，但是难道他从不会变通吗?