be nothing short of (something)

To be exemplary a particular quality. (That quality is then stated after "of.") It's nothing short of astonishing that she got the whole house cleaned in time for her dinner party. I'm surprised we weren't asked to leave the restaurant because the kids' behavior was nothing short of atrocious.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
PËLlumb	-	Albanian
Silje	-	Norwegian, Danish
Elias	ə-LEE-əsh (Portuguese), e-LEE-ahs (German), E-lee-ahs (Finnish), i-LIE-əs (English), ee-LIE-əs (English)	Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gr
Sancha	SAHN-chah	Spanish
Plamen	-	Bulgarian, Serbian
Sho	sho:	Japanese