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Etymology
From a quote by World Rally Championship ex-driver Henning Solberg, in turn a literal translation of Norwegian Bokmål Men men, det er ikke bare bare.
Proverb
it wasn't only only (present tense it isn't only only, present tense it's not only only)
- (slang, Norway) An act or task was harder to do than it might seem.
Sometime between February 2004 and 9 May 2008, exact date unknown, Sigve Kvamme, quoting Henning Solberg, WRC TV / Dagbladet, retrieved 16 October 2023:But but, it wasn't only only.
2017 April 12, Christian Westgaard, Enomic Community Forum, retrieved 26 December 2023:Then you could use http client again 🙂 still a bit hacky, but but it isn’t only only
2017 September 2, Folk som liker bøker (team), Apple Podcasts, retrieved 16 October 2023:It wasn't only only, but but.
2022 July 5, Andrew Byles, Instagram, retrieved 17 October 2024:It isn’t only only, to be a fly fisherman today.
2023 October 7, Cecilie Bolander, Instagram, retrieved 16 October 2023:It's not only only, but but
Usage notes
Most commonly used during informal code-switching between Norwegians, but has occasionally been used by Norwegians when speaking English (albeit fairly rarely).
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