(often humorous) Even if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.

(law) Pertaining to a test of causation whereby an agent or action is considered to have caused an event (and therefore to be responsible and/or liable for said event) if, had said agent or action not existed, the event would not have taken place.

Except, except for, not counting; were it not for. / despite; in spite of

Were it not for God's help, someone could have suffered that outcome.

(idiomatic) Dictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated it.

Unfortunate events occur in quantity.

There is nothing someone can do to evade something.

Alternative spelling of all but

(idiomatic) Directs attention to immediately preceding failed attempt at humor.

A recognition that others' misfortune could be one's own, if it weren't for the blessing of the Divine, or for fortune or fate.