nothing but tripe
- idiom
- Informal
:
nada más que tonterías
- Everything he said during the meeting was nothing but tripe and a waste of time.
Examples
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The politician's speech was criticized as nothing but tripe by the local newspaper.
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That speech was nothing but tripe!
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You shouldn't trust those rumors; they're nothing but tripe spread to mislead people.
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I think his excuses are nothing but tripe.
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Everything he said during the meeting was nothing but tripe and a waste of time.
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The politician's speech was criticized as nothing but tripe by the local newspaper.
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You shouldn't trust those rumors; they're nothing but tripe spread to mislead people.
Synonyms
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
246
1.6
Useless or silly information, for example in unwanted emails
49
2.5
Talk or writing that is not true and not useful
22
6.7
Nonsense talk that is not true
16
7.4
Untrue or silly talk that people should not believe
13
7.5
Words that are silly or useless
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
3
8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
3
9.9
A silly idea or story that is not true
3
5.1
Talk that has no real meaning and is not useful
1
9.9
Talk that is false and meant to fool or impress people
1
6.6
Silly talk that is not true or useful
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
1
9.9
Talk that is false and not worth listening to
1
4.3
Words that sound important but have no real meaning or action
1
9.9
Worthless or silly talk that has no useful ideas
1
9.9
Foolish talk or ideas that are unimportant and silly
Talk that is false and hard to believe
Talk that is false and makes no sense
A story or idea that is untrue and silly
Unclear, complicated ideas that are hard to understand and not practical
Antonyms
How Nonsensical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase composes directly from its parts: 'nothing' (no thing) + 'but' (only) + 'tripe' (nonsense), so a learner who knows these constituent meanings can infer 'only nonsense/utterly worthless'. The 'nothing but X' construction is a common, compositional pattern cross-linguistically, making the expression immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the words.
Etymology
Nothing but tripe may come from the image of tripe, the animal stomach once seen as cheap, poor food. Calling words or ideas nothing but tripe compares them to that low-quality food, so it now means 'complete nonsense' or 'utterly worthless'.