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I always thought it meant "the exception (to the rule-of-thumb) proves the (hard, correct) rule".





It's used in multiple senses, so it's almost impossible to tell what the person using it means.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule...




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