but
See:- (all) skin and bone(s)
- (but) not in the biblical sense
- (but) still and all
- (but) that's another story
- (one) can dish it out, but (one) can't take it
- a man can die but once
- a poor thing but mine own
- a poor thing, but mine own
- a poor thing, but my own
- a wonder lasts but nine days
- 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
- be not a case of if, but when
- be not a matter of if, but when
- be not if, but when
- beg your pardon, but
- begging your pardon, but (something)
- Better late than never
- bloodied but unbowed
- bloody but unbowed
- born on third base but believes (one) hit a triple
- but for
- but for (someone)
- but for (something)
- but for somebody/something
- but for the grace of God
- but good
- but hey
- but man
- but me no buts
- 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
- down but not out
- everything but the kitchen sink
- everything but/bar the kitchen sink
- everything from soup to nuts
- far be it for me to (do something)
- far be it from (one) to (do something)
- far be it from me to do something, but...
- feel for
- fire is a good servant but a bad master
- go off, I guess
- gone but not forgotten
- hate the sin (but) love the sinner
- 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 believe you, (but) thousands wouldn't
- 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
- I'm not being funny, but...
- in all but name
- in the right church but in the wrong pew
- 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 not what you know, but who you know.
- It's not what you say, but how you say it.
- it's one thing to (do something), it's another to (do something else)
- keep your friends close and your enemies closer
- last but not least
- last but one
- Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape
- Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
- lose the battle, but win the war
- love the sinner (but) hate the sin
- man proposes, but God disposes
- 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
- next but one
- 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 (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 net
- nothing but skin and bone(s)
- nothing but skin and bones and skin and bones
- nothing but trouble
- 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
- pert near, but not plumb
- 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 wiser
- sadder and/but wiser
- sadder but wiser
- same same, but different
- separate but equal
- short but sweet
- silent but deadly
- skin and bones
- skin and bones, (nothing but)
- slow but steady wins the race
- slow but sure
- slow but sure wins the race
- 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 will 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 no one'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 odds are good, but the goods are odd
- 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
- the young may die, but the old must die
- 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 everybody, but cut the cards
- 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
- wear nothing but a smile
- wearing nothing but a smile
- Weird flex, but OK.
- what do I know
- Where are the snows of yesteryear?
- Who's counting?
- win the battle, but lose the war
- 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 the monkey out of the jungle...
- 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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