anything Idioma

anything goes

"there are no rules; expect anything to happen" Anything goes during Stampede week. People do crazy things!

game for anything

ready to try anything, a game one, gung ho If you're going to the moon, I'll go. I'm game for anything.

anything but

by no means；certainly not决不；并非
The task was anything but easy．这工作决不容易。
Many large cities are anything but beautiful．许多大城市一点也不美。
She will do anything but that．她决不做那件事。

not for anything in the world

Idiom(s): not for (anything in) the world AND not for love nor money; not on your life

Theme: NEGATION

not for anything (no matter what its value). (Note the variation in the examples. The order of love nor money is fixed.)
• I won't do it for love nor money.
• He said he wouldn't do it—not for the world.
• She said no, not for anything in the world.
• Me, go there? Not on your life!

not able to make anything out of

Idiom(s): not able to make anything out of sb or sth

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

unable to understand someone or something. (Not able to is often expressed as can't. The anything may refer to something specific, as in the first example.)
• I can't make sense out of what you just said.
• We were not able to make anything out of the message.

can't do anything with

Idiom(s): can't do anything with sb or sth

Theme: CONTROL - LACKING

not [to be] able to manage or control someone or something. (Also with cannot.)
• Bill is such a problem. I can't do anything with him.
• My hair is such a mess. I just can't do anything with it.

anything but|anything

adv. phr. Quite the opposite of; far from being. I don't mean he's lazy anything but! The boys knew they had broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office.

anywhere near|anything|anything like|anywhere

adv. Nearly.

Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences, often in the negative forms "nothing like" or "nowhere near". It's not anything like as hot today as it was yesterday. Do you think that gold ring is worth anywhere near a hundred dollars? Today's game was nowherenear as exciting as yesterday's game. Studying that lesson should take nothing like two hours.

have nothing on|have|not have anything on|nothing

v. phr. Not to be any better than; to have no advantage over. Susan is a wonderful athlete, but when it comes to dancing she has nothing on Mary. Even though he is older, John has nothing on Peter in school. Although the Smiths have a Rolls Royce, they have nothing on the Jones' who have a Cadillac and a Jaguar. 2. To have no information or proof that someone broke the law. Mr. James was not worried when he was arrested because he was sure they had nothing on him. Mr. Brown was an honest politician and they had nothing on him.

if anything|if

adv. phr. More likely; instead; rather. The weather forecast is not for cooler weather; if anything, it is expected to be warmer. Joe isn't a bad boy. If anything he's a pretty good one.
Compare: MATTER OF FACT.

like anything|anything|like

adv. phr. To an extreme degree. He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn't been promoted.

anything

anything
In addition to the idioms beginning with anything, also see can't do anything with; if anything; like anything; not anything like.
* * *
- anything but
- anything goes
- anything like

anything like

anything like
see not anything like.

if anything

if anything
If at all, if in any degree. For example, If anything, we have too much food rather than too little. [Early 1800s]

like anything

like anything
Extremely, vigorously, as in She cried like anything when the dog died. This idiom probably substitutes anything for a swear word. [Colloquial; late 1600s]

not anything like

not anything like
Also, nothing like; not anywhere near; nowhere near. Quite different from, far from; also, not nearly. For example, The town's library isn't anything like the university's library, or His outfit was nothing like his brother's, or It isn't anything like as cold as it was last winter, or That movie isn't anywhere near as exciting as I thought it would be, or Her diamond is nowhere near as big as mine. The phrases with like date from the late 1700s, and those with near from the mid-1400s.

not have anything on

not have anything on
see have nothing on.