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если бы не (in the absence of (something or someone): without: If not for modern medicine, fewer babies would survive. If not for him, I wouldn't be where I am today. – often used in the phrases if it were not for and if it had not been for: If it were not for your donations, many more children would go hungry. If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't be where I am today. MWALD Alexander Demidov) |
if not for : 35 phrases in 7 subjects |
General | 14 |
Informal | 1 |
Literature | 2 |
Makarov | 8 |
Programming | 2 |
Proverb | 5 |
Rhetoric | 3 |