Anything but

Anything but

-tudo menos (isso, isto)  / qualquer coisa menos

“Intended to be clean and efficient in a place that was anything but.”

(Destinado a ser limpo e eficiente num lugar que era tudo menos isso.)

(Spy Game / “Jogo de Espiões” )

 “I'll eat anything but mushrooms,” he said.”

(“Vou comer qualquer coisa menos cogumelos”, disse ele.)

(www.nytimes.com / Feb. 7, 2011)