Abstract
<jats:p>This article, which was developed as part of the research project CONSTRIDIOMS (Mellado Blanco, 2021), consists of two main parts. In the first one, the partially filled construction [alles andere als X] is analysed from a corpus linguistic perspective. Partially filled constructions or Phrasem-Konstruktionen (in the terminology of Dobrovol'skij, 2011) consist of lexically fixed components (alles andere als ‘anything but’), but also contain at least one open slot (X), which can be variably filled. Syntactically, X is predominantly realized as an adjective (alles andere als einfach), significantly less often as a nominal phrase. For this reason, the present study focuses on realizations with adjectives as slot fillers. In this position, primarily positively connoted adjectives occur. The constructional meaning can be described as an intensifying negation of X. In the second part, we explore possible equivalents in Spanish. We identified as such [todo menos ADJ], [cualquier cosa menos ADJ] and [todo lo contrario que ADJ]. These constructions are examined in detail and contrasted with their German counterpart.</jats:p>