by no means
it’s not the case at all
certainly not
the opposite of what you imagined
didn’t turn out as planned
nothing like it should have been
We went to see that new action film on Thursday night and it was anything but good, in fact, I fell asleep.
My daughter was anything but a sound sleeper, she kept me awake all night most of the first year.
He has no idea about money. He said it would be a cheap holiday; it turned out to be anything but.
The new boss is anything but charming when I met him.
Our meeting schedule is anything but definite.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.