Talk:nothing but

equivalence with the subject
the construction is sometimes used in the predicate following a form of the verb be to emphasize equivalence with the subject, even when plural: "Turkeys that are nothing but cooking pouches with legs" https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=nothing --Backinstadiums (talk) 14:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * There were nothing but woods and rivers and lakes --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:21, 27 July 2021 (UTC)