nothing but en · ADV
Etymology
From Middle English nothyng but, from Old English nan þing butan
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Only.
Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
In an attempt to lose weight and improve his relationship with food, Andrew Taylor has decided to eat nothing but potatoes for a year.
2016 February 18, Jennie Jackson, “What would happen if you only ate potatoes?”, in The Independent:a right in nothing but name
Near-synonyms: nothing less than; nothing if not (in some usages)
"It's because they're hos," she told Owens. "If you don't run out of the room and go, 'Excuse me, you don't do that to me,' and leave, but you stayed around because you're like, 'Well, I thought maybe he was going to give me a writing job,' well, you aren't nothing but a ho."
2019 March 3, Lena Grossman, quoting Roseanne Barr, “Roseanne Barr Goes After #MeToo Movement in Scathing Interview: "They're Nothing But Hos"”, in E! Online:
Deriveds
nothing-buttery · nothing but net
Synonyms
totally · no more than · cold · head to toe · completely · soup-to-nuts · handsomely · from head to toe · all-out · exhaustively · detailly · line · from soup to nuts · cap-a-pie · fully · whole cloth · out-and-out · soundly · right · purely · utterly · top to tail · absolutely · nothing but · stark · to the full · only · wholly · blind · and sinker · hook · altogether · from stem to stern · well and truly · nothing less than · barely · head to foot · from the rooter to the tooter · straight up · downright · stone-cold · literally · plumb · first and last · root and branch · nothing if not · out and out · to the bone · stock · heartily · in full · through and through · entirely · from A to Z · all the way · tout à fait · to the core · head to tail · and barrel · but · finally · outright · merely · in detail · lock · at length · from top to bottom · simply · flat-out · particularly · whole · quite · top to toe · categorically · one hundred percent · from aardvark to zymurgy · properly · just · totes · flat out · from top to toe · perfectly · at large
Translations (16)
de nichts als (nothing but) · nb intet annet enn (nothing but) · fi pelkästään (nothing but) · sv inget annat än (nothing but) · ro nimic altceva decât (nothing but) · fi vain (nothing but) · ja 以外の何者でもない (nothing but) · sv intet annat än (nothing but) · nb ikke noe annet enn (nothing but) · sv ingenting annat än (nothing but) · ka არაფერია თუ არა (nothing but) · cy dim ond (nothing but) · cy 'mond (nothing but) · fr ne...que (nothing but) · nb ingenting annet enn (nothing but) · fr rien que (nothing but)