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Usually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
لِكُلِّ قَاعِدَةٍ ٱسْتِثْنَاءٌ
(likulli qāʕidatini stiṯnāʔun)
— every rule has an exception
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Arabic:
لِكُلِّ قَاعِدَةٍ شَوَاذُّ
(likulli qāʕidatin šawāḏḏu)
— every rule has an exception
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Chinese Mandarin:
規則之外總有例外 /规则之外总有例外
(guīzé zhīwài zǒng yǒu lìwài)
— every rule has an exception
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Czech:
výjimka potvrzuje pravidlo
— every rule has an exception
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Danish:
ingen regel uden undtagelse
— every rule has an exception
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Finnish:
joka sääntöön on poikkeus
— every rule has an exception
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French:
c'est l'exception qui confirme la règle
— every rule has an exception
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French:
il n'y a pas de règle sans exception
— every rule has an exception
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German:
keine Regel ohne Ausnahme
— every rule has an exception
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Hebrew:
לכל כלל יש יוצא מן הכלל
— every rule has an exception
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Hungarian:
a kivétel erősíti a szabályt
— every rule has an exception
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Italian:
ogni regola ha la sua eccezione.
— every rule has an exception
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Japanese:
どの規則にも例外がある
(dono kisoku-nimo reigai-ga aru)
— every rule has an exception
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Norwegian:
ingen regel uten unntak
— every rule has an exception
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Portuguese:
toda regra tem exceção
— every rule has an exception
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Portuguese:
toda regra tem uma exceção
— every rule has an exception
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Portuguese:
não há regra sem exceção
— every rule has an exception
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Russian:
у ка́ждого пра́вила есть исклю́чение
(u káždovo právila jestʹ iskljúčenije)
— every rule has an exception
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Russian:
исклю́чение подтвержда́ет пра́вило
(iskljúčenije podtverždájet právilo)
— every rule has an exception
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Spanish:
no hay regla sin excepción
— every rule has an exception
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Swedish:
ingen regel utan undantag
— every rule has an exception