"nothing but" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "nothing but (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nothing but net"
        },
        {
          "word": "nothing-buttery"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 February 18, Jennie Jackson, “What would happen if you only ate potatoes?”, in The Independent",
          "text": "In an attempt to lose weight and improve his relationship with food, Andrew Taylor has decided to eat nothing but potatoes for a year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 March 3, Lena Grossman, quoting Roseanne Barr, “Roseanne Barr Goes After #MeToo Movement in Scathing Interview: \"They're Nothing But Hos\"”, in E! Online",
          "text": "\"It's because they're hos,\" she told Owens. \"If you don't run out of the room and go, 'Excuse me, you don't do that to me,' and leave, but you stayed around because you're like, 'Well, I thought maybe he was going to give me a writing job,' well, you aren't nothing but a ho.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "only"
      ],
      "id": "en-nothing_but-en-adv--QWxlULt",
      "links": [
        [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "vain"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "pelkästään"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "rien que"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "ne...que"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "araperia tu ara",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "არაფერია თუ არა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "nichts als"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "igai no nanimono de mo nai",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "以外の何者でもない"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "ikke noe annet enn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "intet annet enn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "ingenting annet enn"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "nimic altceva decât"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "inget annat än"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "intet annat än"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "ingenting annat än"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "dim ond"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "nothing but",
          "word": "'mond"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nothing but"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nothing but net"
    },
    {
      "word": "nothing-buttery"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
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      "expansion": "nothing but (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncomparable adverbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 February 18, Jennie Jackson, “What would happen if you only ate potatoes?”, in The Independent",
          "text": "In an attempt to lose weight and improve his relationship with food, Andrew Taylor has decided to eat nothing but potatoes for a year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 March 3, Lena Grossman, quoting Roseanne Barr, “Roseanne Barr Goes After #MeToo Movement in Scathing Interview: \"They're Nothing But Hos\"”, in E! Online",
          "text": "\"It's because they're hos,\" she told Owens. \"If you don't run out of the room and go, 'Excuse me, you don't do that to me,' and leave, but you stayed around because you're like, 'Well, I thought maybe he was going to give me a writing job,' well, you aren't nothing but a ho.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "not-comparable"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "vain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "pelkästään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "rien que"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "ne...que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "araperia tu ara",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "არაფერია თუ არა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "nichts als"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "igai no nanimono de mo nai",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "以外の何者でもない"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "ikke noe annet enn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "intet annet enn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "ingenting annet enn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "nimic altceva decât"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "inget annat än"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "intet annat än"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "ingenting annat än"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "dim ond"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "nothing but",
      "word": "'mond"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nothing but"
}