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Emilywell Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

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Can you tell me the meaning of the sentence" no ifs, or buts"
  

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Search yourself for your idioms here: in this case with ifs one of the main words in the idiom. It is there.

— Marius Hancu

  • Search yourself for your idioms here: in this case with ifs one of the main words in the idiom.
  • It is there.
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Search yourself for your idioms here:
in this case with
ifs
one of the main words in the idiom.

It is there.

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I don't know if it's a BrE and AmE thing, but I know the full phrase as "no ifs, and, or buts." It means it absolutely has to happen, with no excuses.

I need you to be here at 9 a.m. on the dot, no ifs, ands or buts!
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Grammar GeekI don't know if it's a BrE and AmE thing, but I know the full phrase as "no ifs, and, or buts." It means it absolutely has to happen, with no excuses.

I need you to be here at 9 a.m. on the dot, no ifs, ands or buts!

Yes, they list two variants here:
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no ifs or buts
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