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Idioms beginning with anything:
anything but
anything goes

See also can't do anything with; if anything; like anything; not anything like.

IN BRIEF: Having unlimited choice.

You cannot do anything by doing nothing. — Unknown from www.zaadz.com.

Tutor's tip: Choose "any thing" (any of several things) in the candy shop window if you have enough money for "anything" (any occurrence, object, or matter) you want.

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sign description: Combination sign: ANY and THING. The A handshape is held with the thumb up, twists down and goes outward. The sign for thing is the open flat hand that bounces slightly to the right.

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Common misspelling(s) of anything

• anytying

Dansk (Danish)
pron. - noget, noget som helst, hvad som helst
adv. - overhovedet, på nogen måde
n. - noget

idioms:

• anything but    alt andet end, alt undtagen
• anything close to    noget blot tilnærmelsesvis
• anything goes    alt er tilladt, alt kan bruges
• anything like    tilnærmelsesvis, i nærheden af
• anything near    tilnærmelsesvis, i nærheden af
• if anything    om noget
• like anything    så det forslog, så det ligner

Nederlands (Dutch)
wat dan ook, alles, enigszins

Français (French)
pron. - quelque chose, rien, n'importe quoi, tout, quoi que ce soit, comme
adv. - comme
n. - n'importe quelle chose, quelque chose

idioms:

• anything but    pas du tout (excl), pas le moins du monde (excl), bien au contraire (excl)
• anything close to    loin de
• anything goes    tout est permis, tout est possible
• anything like    quelque chose semblable à
• anything near    quelquechose proche
• if anything    s'il, si, être plutôt
• like anything    beaucoup, comme

Deutsch (German)
pron. - was auch immer, alles
adv. - irgend, irgendwie, in etwa
n. - Etwas, Alles

idioms:

• anything but    durchaus nicht
• anything close to    irgendetwas nah
• anything goes    es ist alles erlaubt
• anything like    irgend etwas wie
• anything near    irgendetwas nah
• if anything    falls überhaupt
• like anything    wie verrückt, (Slang) wie verrückt

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - οτιδήποτε, ό, τι, κατιτί, κάτι, τίποτα, τα πάντα

idioms:

• anything but    καθόλου, διόλου, τα πάντα/οτιδήποτε εκτός από
• anything close to    που να προσεγγίζει
• anything goes    όλα επιτρέπονται
• anything like    οτιδήποτε που μοιάζει/που θυμίζει
• anything near    σχεδόν
• if anything    αν μη τι άλλο, τουλάχιστο
• like anything    (καθομ.) του σκοτωμού

Italiano (Italian)
qualcosa, niente, ogni cosa, tutto, qualsiasi cosa

idioms:

• like anything    in modo eccessivo

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - qualquer coisa, alguma coisa, algo

idioms:

• anything but    outra coisa a não ser
• anything goes    alguma coisa acontece
• anything like/near/close to    algo como/próximo/perto de
• if anything    se é que
• like anything    sabe-se lá como

Русский (Russian)
что-то, что-нибудь, все, все что угодно

idioms:

• anything but    все кроме
• anything goes    все разрешается
• anything like/near/close to    похоже
• if anything    если что-либо/нибудь
• like anything    изо всех сил

Español (Spanish)
pron. - algo, cualquier cosa, nada, todo, alguna cosa
adv. - en algo, en alguna medida, en alguna manera, en nada, en modo alguno
n. - todo

idioms:

• anything but    cualquier cosa menos
• anything close to    cualquier cosa cerca de
• anything goes    todo vale, todo está permitido
• anything like    cualquier cosa similar
• anything near    cualquier cosa aproximado a
• if anything    quizá, más bien
• like anything    como un loco, como nadie

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - något, någonting

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
什么东西, 什么事情, 无论什么东西, 无论什么事情, 任何东西, 任何事情, 在任何方面, 在任何一点上, 在任何程度上, 重要的事情, 不值一提的东西

idioms:

• anything but    单单除...之外, 根本不
• anything close to    临近的任何东西
• anything goes    什么都可以
• anything like    像...的东西
• anything near    临近的任何东西
• if anything    要说有什么区别的话, 甚至还不如说
• like anything    拼命地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
pron. - 什麼東西, 什麼事情, 無論什麼東西, 無論什麼事情, 任何東西, 任何事情
adv. - 在任何方面, 在任何一點上, 在任何程度上
n. - 重要的事情, 不值一提的東西

idioms:

• anything but    單單除...之外, 根本不
• anything close to    臨近的任何東西
• anything goes    什麼都可以
• anything like    像...的東西
• anything near    臨近的任何東西
• if anything    要說有什麼區別的話, 甚至還不如說
• like anything    拼命地

한국어 (Korean)
pron. - 무엇인가, 아무것도
adv. - 얼마간 , 적어도
n. - 무엇, 아무것

idioms:

• anything close to    ~을 강조하는 말
• like anything    몹시[매우]

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - いくらかでも
pron. - 何か, 何も, 何でも

idioms:

• anything but    …のほかは何でも, …どころではない
• anything goes    どんなことでも許される
• anything like/near/close to    のようなものに近いもの
• anything under the sun    この世のすべてのもの, いったい
• if anything    どちらかと言えば, しいて言えば
• like anything    激しく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) أي شي, أي شي كان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pron. - ‮משהו, מה שלא יהיה, כל דבר, שום דבר‬
adv. - ‮במידה כלשהי, בכלל‬
n. - ‮מה שלא יהיה‬

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