אֵין זֶה אֶלָּא, אֵין זֹאת אֶלָּא

ביטוי (אנגלית)

This is nothing but, this is only

הגדרה (אנגלית)

This thing is only..., nothing but....

("Rabbi Yehuda says: This is nothing but the vineyard fence" – Kilayim 4:3, and similarly: "The Holy One, blessed be He, says to Israel: My children, I wonder at you, how did you wait for Me all those years? And they say before Him: Master of the Universe, were it not for Your Torah that You gave us, we would have perished among the nations. Therefore it is said: 'This I will bring back to my heart,' and 'this' is nothing but Torah" – Lamentations Rabbah (Vilna) section 3, and similarly: "Did I not tell you, that it never happened! This is nothing but a lie" – Shalom Aleichem / It Never Happened, see)