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but Theme: VERY mod. totally; very. (Note position in the sentence.)Tell him to get his tail over here but fast.This thing has to be done but good.
but 1. adverb though, however. Used at the end of a statement. This is one feature of Australian English that parents and teachers have long sought to wipe out via the correction of any youth saying it. Typically the argument 'you can't end a sentence with a preposition/conjunction' is put forward, but clearly 'but' is an adverb here, modifying the verb of the statement (not to mention highlighting the grammatical ignorance of the would-be corrector). Speakers of US and British English are often confused when first meeting this regionalism, and will patiently wait for the continuation of the sentence following what they hear as a conjunction – 'it isn't coming, but!'. The first undeniable example dates to 1938, and it was common by the 1950s. Also heard among Hawaiian youth AUSTRALIA, 1938 2. conjunction 1 used for expressing surprise or recognition of something unexpected UK, 1846. 2 used for emphasizing the following word or words UK, 1887 3. noun a halibut. Trawlermen's use UK, 1980
See:- (all) skin and bones
- (but) not in the biblical sense
- (but) still and all
- (but) that's another story
- a poor thing but mine own
- all but
- all in the Kool-Aid but don't know the flavor
- all over but the shouting
- all over but the shouting, it's
- all very fine
- all very well
- all very well/fine but...
- an oldie but (a) goodie
- anything but
- beg your pardon, but
- begging your pardon, but (something)
- Better late than never
- bloodied but unbowed
- bloody but unbowed
- but for
- but for (someone)
- but for (something)
- but for somebody/something
- but good
- but hey
- but seriously, folks
- but that's just me
- but then
- but who's counting
- But, hey
- but-boy
- can but
- cannot but
- cannot choose but
- cannot help but
- can't but
- can't help
- can't help but (do something)
- can't help but do
- can't help but notice (that) (something)
- Christmas comes but once a year
- close but no cigar
- close but no cigar, (it was)
- Close, but no cigar
- dictated but not read
- everything but the kitchen sink
- everything but/bar the kitchen sink
- everything from soup to nuts
- far be it from me to (do something)
- far be it from me to do something, but...
- feel for
- Fire is a good servant but a bad master
- gone but not forgotten
- he who begins many things finishes but few
- He who begins many things, finishes but few
- Hope for the best and prepare for the worst
- hope for the best but expect the worst
- hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper
- I beg your pardon, but (something)
- I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you
- I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you
- I don't want to alarm you, but
- I don't want to sound like a busybody, but
- I don't want to upset you, but
- I know you are but what am I
- ifs and/or buts
- ifs, ands, or buts
- in all but name
- it is not work that kills, but worry
- It never rains but it pours
- it's all over but the shouting
- it's not what you know but who you know
- it's one thing to (do something), it's another to (do something else)
- last but not least
- Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape
- Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
- lose the battle, but win the war
- Many are called but few are chosen
- many are called, but few are chosen
- March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
- mills of the gods grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken
- naughty but nice
- never marry for money, but marry where money is
- no buts
- no buts (about it)
- no ifs and buts (about it)
- no ifs or buts
- no ifs or buts (about it)
- no ifs, ands, or buts
- no ifs, ands, or buts (about it)
- no ifs, ands, or buts and no buts about it
- None but the brave deserve the fair
- not only (something), but (also) (something else)
- not only... but...
- not with a bang but a whimper
- not with a bang but with a whimper
- nothing but
- nothing but skin and bones
- nothing but skin and bones and skin and bones
- nothing is certain but death and taxes
- nothing is certain but the unforeseen
- nothing so bad but (it) might have been worse
- Nothing so bad but might have been worse
- oldie but goodie
- opportunity knocks but once
- poor but clean
- put your faith in God, but keep your powder dry
- put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
- sadder and/but wiser
- sadder but wiser
- separate but equal
- short but sweet
- silent but deadly
- skin and bones
- skin and bones, (nothing but)
- slow but sure
- slowly but surely
- speech is silver, but silence is golden
- spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, the
- sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)
- sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
- take a licking but keep on ticking
- talk the talk and walk the walk
- thanks but no thanks
- Thanks, but no thanks
- the best of men are but men at best
- the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet
- the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
- the lights are on but no one is at home
- the lights are on but nobody's home
- The lights are on, but nobody's home
- the mills of God grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
- the spirit is willing, but the/(one's) body is weak
- the spirit is willing, but the/(one's) flesh is weak
- the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
- then again
- There but for the grace of God
- there but for the grace of God (go I)
- there but for the grace of God go I
- there's nothing (else) for it (but to do something)
- to name (but) a few
- trust in Allah, but tie up your camel
- trust in God, but keep your powder dry
- trust in God, but tie up your camel
- trust, but verify
- wearing nothing but a smile
- what do I know
- win the battle, but lose the war
- you can dish it out, but you can't take it
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
- you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
- you can run, but you can't hide
- you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
- you can take/lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
- Young men may die, but old men must die
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