but for

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but for — idiom

1. This phrase means 'if it were not for' and introduces the only thing that preven

1.慣用語
釋義

This phrase means 'if it were not for' and introduces the only thing that prevented something from happening.

例句

But for the rain, we would have gone to the beach.

The room was empty but for a single chair.