Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “anything but” and its meaning is “not at all (this phrase is mostly used to give emphasis to your opinion on something)”.
Example Sentence: Julian Assange was anything but an ordinary journalist. His deep understanding of computers and how they could be hacked singled him out from the professionally shambolic arts graduates who normally rise to eminence in newspapers. The ultimate creature of the internet age, in 2006 he helped found WikiLeaks, an organisation that specialises in obtaining and releasing classified or secret documents, infuriating (irritating) governments and corporations around the world.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Extraditing Julian Assange would be a gift to secretive, oppressive regimes and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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