Expressing the only two possibilities

To describe a situation as being one of only two possibilities, you can use the structure: "不是⋯⋯就是⋯⋯" (búshi...jiùshì...)

Structure

不是 + A，就是 + B

This is like saying "if it's not A, then it's B" in English. A and B can be verbs, adjectives or nouns.

他整天 不是 打游戏 就是 睡觉。Tā zhěng tiān bùshì dǎ yóuxì jiùshì shuìjiào.All day, if he's not playing games, he's sleeping.
他们约会不是去咖啡馆就是去电影院。Tāmen yuēhuì bùshì qù kāfēi guǎn jiùshì qù diànyǐngyuàn.When they go on dates, if it's not to a coffee shop, then it's to the movie theater.
我买的衣服不是大就是小，都不能穿。Wǒ mǎi de yīfú bùshì dà jiùshì xiǎo, dōu bùnéng chuān.The clothes that I bought are either too big or too small, I can't wear any of them.
她穿的衣服不是 LV 就是 Gucci！Tā chuān de yīfú bùshì LV jiùshì Gucci!If the clothes that she wears aren't Louis Vuitton, then they're Gucci!
不是你就是他干的，别人一点都不知道。
不是哭就是闹，你还能不能好好工作了？
我不是点外卖就是出去吃，我从来不自己做饭。
他不是嫌这不好就是嫌那不好，十分挑剔。
今年一直没有去旅游，不是觉得地方远就是觉得自己累。
这个星期不是今天开会就是明天开会。