nothing but…….僅有；只有
Paul knows nothing but the truth.
保羅只知道真相。除了真相之外，其他都不知道。
Give Paul anything but the truth.
給保羅任何東西，但不要真相。
Paul will know everything but the truth.
除了真相，保羅其他都知道。
nothing but 只有；只是
= only = just = no more than = nothing more than
Nothing but 後面可接三種型態的動詞，Nothing 前面的動詞與but後面的動詞要對等，因此but後面的動詞VR，V-ing或To VR 是由nothing 前面的動詞形態決定
Do nothing but VR
Judy did nothing but cry. Judy 什麼也沒做就只會哭。
Enjoy nothing but V-ing
We enjoy nothing but singing. 我們只喜歡唱歌。
Think of nothing but V-ing
James thinks of nothing but making money. James只想賺錢。
Desire nothing but to VR
She desired nothing but to marry a rich man. 她只想嫁有錢人。
anything but….根本不是，一點也不
anything but常與be搭配使用，與not at all意義相近。
He was anything but a hero.他根本不是什麼英雄。
=He is not a hero at all.
anything but…翻譯成除了……之外什麼都是（行，可以）
I enjoy drinking anything but milk. 除了牛奶我什麼都喜歡喝。
【區別】nothing but 後面可接名詞和代詞，譯為“僅僅；只不過”。
She eats nothing but apples. 她僅以蘋果為食。
He is nothing but a child. 他只不過是個孩子。
Judy played nothing but video games. Judy 只玩電動遊戲。
everything but 所有的東西除了…
everything but the kitchen sink意思是用盡一切手段，或者盡其所能地。
幾乎全部東西；過多的東西。
She’s only going on a vacation, but she arrived with everything but the kitchen sink. 她只是要度假, 可是她把全部的東西都帶來了。