1. anything but - Adverb
2. anything but - Phrase
anything but (not comparable)
Not at all; quite the contrary (of).
It wasn't cheap. Anything but.
It started out as a lively party, now it is anything but.
With life as short as a half taken breath, don't plant anything but love. Source: Internet
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham
Men will wrangle for religion write for it fight for it die for it anything but - live for it. Charles Caleb Colton
Alcohol will preserve anything but a secret. American Proverb
Call me anything but late for dinner. American Proverb
Never rub your eye with anything but your elbow. Irish Proverb