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• all but
• all over but the shouting
• anything but
• beg your pardon, but
• better late than never
• bloodied but unbowed
• bloody but unbowed
• but for
• but good
• but not in the biblical sense
• but seriously, folks
• but that's another story
• 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
• Christmas comes but once a year
• close but no cigar
• Close, but no cigar
• dictated but not read
• everything but the kitchen sink
• everything from soup to nuts
• feel for
• Fire is a good servant but a bad master
• gone but not forgotten
• He who begins many things, finishes but few
• Hope for the best and prepare for the worst
• Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper
• 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 know you are but what am I
• 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
• last but not least
• Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape
• Many are called but few are chosen
• mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken
• never marry for money, but marry where money is
• no buts (about it)
• no ifs and buts
• no ifs or buts
• no ifs, ands, or buts
• no ifs, ands, or buts and no buts about it
• None but the brave deserve the fair
• nothing but
• 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 might have been worse
• oldie but goodie
• Opportunity knocks but once
• poor but clean
• sadder but wiser
• separate but equal
• silent but deadly
• skin and bones
• 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
• take a licking but keep on ticking
• 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 nobody's-one's home
• The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
• then again
• There but for the grace of God
• there but for the grace of God go I
• wearing nothing but a smile
• what do I know
• with a bang but with a whimper
• you can dish it out, but you can't take it
• 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
• Young men may die, but old men must die