Usage examples of "todo menos" in Spanish with translation to English

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Tu respuesta es de todo menos perfecta. Your answer is anything but perfect.
Estoy todo menos feliz con esta cuestión. I'm far from happy about this situation.
Mi inglés es todo menos bueno. My English is anything but good.
Él es de todo menos mentiroso. He is anything but a liar.
Puedo resistir todo menos la tentación. I can resist everything but temptation.
El nuevo método era todo menos ideal. The new method was anything but ideal.
Este traje es de todo menos barato. This suit is anything but cheap.
Puedo resistirlo todo menos la tentación. I can resist everything except temptation.
Él es de todo menos imbécil. He is anything but a fool.
Ellos se parecen en todo menos en el color del pelo. They look alike except for the color of their hair.
Él es de todo menos tonto. He is anything but a fool.
Él es todo menos un hombre confiable. He is anything but a reliable man.
El centro de la ciudad debería estar cerrado a todo tráfico menos el peatonal. The city center should be closed to all but pedestrian traffic.
Esa chica es como una gamba: me gusta todo de ella menos su cabeza. This chick is like a shrimp: I like everything about her but her head.
Todo tiene solución, menos la muerte. There's a cure for everything, except death.
- Pero tres millones es todo lo que tengo -dijo Dima-. Nada más y nada menos. "But three million is all I have," Dima said. "No more, no less."
Tom pone sal en más o menos todo lo que come. Tom puts salt on just about everything he eats.
Tenemos menos de cinco minutos para evacuar todo el edificio. We have less than five minutes to evacuate the whole building.
Lucy y yo tenemos más o menos el mismo número de amigos. Lucy and I have about the same number of friends.
En lugares en construcción se debe llevar casco en todo momento. On building sites, hard hats must be worn at all times.
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