| English | Russian |
| the exception rather than the rule | скорее исключение, чем правило (the idiom "the exception rather than the rule" is used to sum up a situation with the meaning this is usually not the case and its elements are always definite. • But that case is the exception, rather than the rule. • Но это скорее исключение, чем правило. 'More) |
| the exception rather than the rule | скорее исключение, нежели правило (the idiom "the exception rather than the rule" is used to sum up a situation with the meaning this is usually not the case and its elements are always definite. • But that case is the exception, rather than the rule. • Но это скорее исключение, чем правило. 'More) |
| there is no rule without an exception | нет правила без исключения |