nothing but (something)

1. only something.

During spring vacation, he ate nothing but canned beans.

The police were praised for showing nothing but the highest degree of professionalism.

2. completely something.

The story was nothing but lies.

My car is nothing but trouble.

• the pen is mightier than the sword.
• the penny drops
• the person in the street
• the pick of
• the pick of something
• the picture of
• the picture of something
• the pink pound
• the plot thickens
• the plot thickens.
• the point of no return
• the pot calling the kettle black
• the power behind the throne
• the powers that be
• the primrose path
• the prodigal son
• the promised land
• the proof of the pudding .
• the proof of the pudding
• the proof of the pudding is in the eating
• the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
• the pros and cons
• the rank and file
• the real McCoy
• there and then