somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule

spoken used to say that the fact that something is not true or does not exist in one situation emphasizes the fact that it is true or exists in general 某人/某事物是证明普遍性的例外

Most people here are very dedicated; I’m afraid Rhea’s the exception that proves the rule.

这里的大多数人都很敬业，恐怕雷亚是其中的例外。

Examples from the Corpus

somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule• Most people our age have finished school, and Mike is the exception that proves the rule.

→ somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule at exception(1)

单词	somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule
释义	somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule spoken used to say that the fact that something is not true or does not exist in one situation emphasizes the fact that it is true or exists in general 某人/某事物是证明普遍性的例外 Most people here are very dedicated; I’m afraid Rhea’s the exception that proves the rule. 这里的大多数人都很敬业，恐怕雷亚是其中的例外。 Examples from the Corpus somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule• Most people our age have finished school, and Mike is the exception that proves the rule. → somebody/something is the exception that proves the rule at exception(1)
随便看	no, thank you not harm a hair of head not harm a hair of sb head not harm a hair of somebody's head not harm a hair on head not harm a hair on sb head not harm a hair on somebody's head not harm/touch a hair of/on somebody's head not have a bad word to say about not have a bad word to say about/against somebody not have a bad word to say about sb not have a bad word to say about somebody not have a bad word to say against not have a bad word to say against sb not have a bad word to say against somebody not have a bean not have a cat in hell's chance not have a cat in hell's chance of doing not have a cat in hell's chance of doing something not have a cat in hell's chance of doing sth not have a clue not have a clue ) not have a clue how not have a clue where not have a clue (where/why/how etc)