BUT WHAT

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Desire

Cassius has a lean and hungry look; " hungry as the grave "; " I was born to other things "; " not what we wish but what we want "; " such joy ambition finds "; " the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none "; ubi mel ibi apes.

Crosswords: BUT WHAT

But what if none of us goes for the blonde (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Then what a pair we could make, but what if it's a lesson I don't care to learn (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

But what you'll be really thinking is: we had sex. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

I am doing this to save your ass, but what I really want to do is drop you on it. (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.)

I don't mind flying, but what you're doing is suicide (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

We realized we're both to blame, but what could we do (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

But what I got to say can't wait (I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song; performing artist: Jim Croce)

I should stay away but what can I do ("That Old Black Magic"; performing artist: Louis Prima & Keely Smith)

Ran thru what we scared up, but what was we afraid for (Awnaw; performing artist: Nappy Roots)

I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you (Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon/McCartney); performing artist: The Beatles)

Ink dries, paper burns; but what is written in the soul will last an eternity. (references; author: unknown)

Statistics is like a bikini: What is revealed is suggestive, but what is concealed is vital. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• The Tunnel: Drug Dealers Are Missing in Boston. It's Not a Bad Thing, but a Good Thing! but What Is Making Them Disappear (reference)

• I Hear What You Say, But What Are You Telling Me?: The Strategic Use of Nonverbal Communication in Mediation (reference)

  (more book examples)

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What we want to do is to play this tune together : But what tune are you going to play?. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Nothing mentioned of him but what he did as a general: and indeed that is all is found in his history, or in any of the rest of the judges. (Second Treatise of Government)

There is nothing here but what you see. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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But what then

But what did Scrooge care

But what would I have then

Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour

He hath no friends but what are friends for fear, Which in his dearest need will fly from him.

They have no remembrance of anything but what they learned and observed in their youth and middle age, and even that is very imperfect

But what is that to the purpose

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Business

They believe that the market is full of low-grade systems, but what they provide is good quality products and after sales service through a network of engineers and technicians. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "BUT WHAT": not but what. Additional references.

Greek 

ωστόσο (however, never the less, nevertheless, not but what, yet). (various references)

Pig Latin

utbay atwhay.(various references)

Romanian

decât cel pe care, de ce (why). (various references)

Turkish

rağmen (after all, altho, although, as, but yet, considering, despite, even though, for all, in despite of, in spite of, notwithstanding, spite of, whilst), ki (as, but, quod, so that, that), gene de. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: battu.

-3 letters: abut, baht, bath, batt, bhut, butt, habu, haut, tabu, taut, that, thaw, tuba, watt, what.

-4 letters: att, bah, bat, but, hat, haw, hub, hut, tab, tat, tau, taw, tub, tut, twa, uta, wab, wat, wha.

-5 letters: ab, ah, at, aw, ba, ha, ta, uh, ut.