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So good it breaks the rule, or so bad it bends it the other way.
means Unusual enough to stand outside the norm, usually for being remarkably good but sometimes remarkably not.
from From Latin exceptio, a taking-out, via except, to seize away from the rest, so the exceptional is literally pulled from the crowd.
two facesMeans both extraordinary and abnormal, praise or diagnosis.
the proverbExceptions prove rules by revealing where they end.
report card codeOften the polite ceiling above merely excellent.