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Bookmark or Share- No buts - Idioms by The Free DictionaryWithout excuses, compromises, or caveats of any kind. Clean up your toys right now, young man—no ifs or buts! 1. Without a doubt or reservation. We're definitely going to lose our jobs after this merger, no ifs or buts about it. 2. Absolutely no excuses, discussion, or protestations (about something).
- Where does the phrase "No ifs, no buts, no coconuts" come from?The spelling in the use I heard would be "no cuts, no buts, no coconuts". The references were slightly different than in other answers but this these differences are almost certainly regionalisms -- the spirit of the phrase is the same.
- no...but...与not...but...分别是什么意思？ - 百度知道no...but...的意思是：不…但是… 举例： 1.I had no option but to pretend ignorance. 我别无他法，只能假装不知道。 2.We had no option but to abandon the meeting. 我们别无选择，只有放弃这次会面。 not...but...的意思是：不是…而是… 举例： I'm not sure* but it sounds like Miya's mother.
- etymology - Origin of idiom "Not but (what/that)" - English ...Nobbut, no but, and various other spellings are not currently standard English, although they were at one time. It is therefore difficult to say if anything is grammatically correct. Dialect has its own grammar. Your point is addressed at the 1870 quote. The OED will help: nobbut, prep., conj., and adv. Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈnɒbət/, U.S. /ˈnɑbət/
- but me no buts - Wiktionary, the free dictionaryJim Hacker: But me no buts, Bernard. Shakespeare. / Bernard Woolley: Oh no, Prime Minister. ‘But me no buts’ is circa 1820. Mrs Centlivre used the phrase in 1708, but actually it was Scott’s employment of it in ‘The Antiquary’ in 1816 which made it fashionable.
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