be but – phrases

Terms for subject Saying containing be but | all forms

English	Russian
A soldier may be asleep in bed, but he's serving his army stint for all that	"солдат спит-служба идёт" (VLZ_58)
a true mother is not the one that gave birth but the one who cared and brought up	не та мать, которая родила, а та, которая выносила (antoxi)
it is no disgrace to be poor, but a terrible inconvenience.	Бедность не порок, но большое неудобство. (VLZ_58)
there would be no fortune, but misfortune helped	не было бы счастья, да несчастье помогло (Ivan Pisarev)