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- 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