What does it mean when you say anything but?

What does it mean when you say anything but?

phrase. DEFINITIONS1. used for emphasizing that a particular word does not describe someone or something, because the opposite is true about them. Unfortunately, our hosts were anything but friendly. Jake’s no fool – anything but!

How do you use anything but?

You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case. I will be anything but quiet on Saturday night!

Is anything but a sentence?

He said it would be a cheap holiday; it turned out to be anything but. The new boss is anything but charming when I met him. Our meeting schedule is anything but definite.

Can I end a sentence with anything but?

Senior Member. “But” is often used at the end of a sentence to say that something or someone is the antithesis of something else.

What does anything but easy mean?

“Anything but easy” means “not easy”. Anything else, but not easy.

Can you end a sentence with anything but?

What does if anything mean in a sentence?

used when saying that there may be nothing: We need to assess what happened and what, if anything, we could have done to prevent it.

What does anything but mean in a sentence?

used to mean the opposite of the stated quality: She’s meant to be really nice but she was anything but nice when I met her.

Is anything but easy meaning?

What does anything but boring mean?

It means exactly what it says. Maybe it’s happy. Maybe it’s scary. Maybe it’s exciting. Maybe it’s horrible.

Why do Aussies say but at the end of a sentence?

Contributor’s comments: “But” can be the second last word in a sentence, if you also use “eh”. Contributor’s comments: “But” at the end of a sentence is used in Sydney where it is the same as putting “but” at the beginning of a sentence. Thus “But I didn’t do it!” is the same as saying “I didn’t do it, but!”

What is the meaning of anything but in English?

Meaning of anything but in English. anything but. used to mean the opposite of the stated quality: She’s meant to be really nice but she was anything but nice when I met her. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Opposites. antithesis. antithetical.

Which is correct, ” all but ” or ” everything but “?

All but. “All but” means “almost”, “nearly” (which does not make much sense, I must admit, but that’s just the way it is). For example: He was all but lost in the city. It was all but impossible. could be expressed without using “all but” as. He was almost lost in the city. It was nearly impossible.

What’s the meaning of the phrase ” everything but “?

This smartphone is anything but ordinary. They were not at all positive about the proposition. This smartphone is in no way ordinary. The mean­ing of “every­thing but” is quite lit­eral; it means “every­thing ex­cept”, “every­thing with the ex­cep­tion of”.

What does all but mean in English Dictionary?

“All but” means “almost”, “nearly” (which does not make much sense, I must admit, but that’s just the way it is). For example: He was all but lost in the city.