Dictionary

neither here nor there en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

(idiomatic) Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
- 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.
- “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. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 33:
- 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. 1913 August, Jack London, chapter XXVIII, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 253:

Antonyms

germane · relevant · pertinent · important · related

neither fish nor fowl · put one's foot in it

Synonyms

irrelevant · unrelated · immaterial · unimportant · beside the point · impertinent · betwixt and between

Translations (22)

fr n'avoir rien à voir (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · fi epäolennainen (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · es ni uno ni el otro (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · ru ни к селу ни к городу (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · es no tener nada que ver (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · pl bez związku (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · cmn 無關緊要的 /无关紧要的 (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · is gera hvorki til né frá (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · es no venir a cuento (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · cmn 不相干的 (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · cmn 无关紧要的 (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · ru ни при чём (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · es ni venir ni ir al caso (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · bg не на място (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · ru не к ме́сту (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · nl irrelevant (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · cmn 不切題的 /不切题的 (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · es ni una cosa ni la otra (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · nl onbelangrijk (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · es no venir al caso (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · nl er niks mee te maken hebben (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) · nl niet ter zake doen (having no influence or significance on the issue at hand)