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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
neither here nor there
- (idiomatic) Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
- Synonyms: beside the point, betwixt and between, immaterial, impertinent, irrelevant, unimportant, unrelated
- Antonyms: germane, important, pertinent, related, relevant
The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.
1913 August, Jack London, chapter XXVIII, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 253:I had life troubles and heart troubles which are neither here nor there in this narrative. But, combined with them, were intellectual troubles which are indeed germane.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 33:“It would be most irregular Grandpa!” says Miss Cecily frowning and tapping her foot. “Well, we’re a pretty irregular family so that’s neither here nor there,” says the old man, impish like.
Translations
having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
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