Phrase guide

neither here nor there

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beside the point, betwixt and between, immaterial, impertinent, irrelevant, unimportant, unrelated

Antonyms: germane, important, pertinent, related, relevant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: не на място (ne na mjasto) — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無關緊要的 /无关紧要的 — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 无关紧要的 (wúguānjǐnyào de) — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不相干的 (bùxiānggān de) — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不切題的 /不切题的 (bùqiètí de) — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Dutch: niet ter zake doen — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Dutch: er niks mee te maken hebben — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Dutch: irrelevant — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Dutch: onbelangrijk — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Finnish: epäolennainen — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • French: n'avoir rien à voir — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Icelandic: gera hvorki til né frá — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Polish: bez związku — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Russian: не к ме́сту (ne k méstu) — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Russian: ни к селу ни к городу (ni k selu ni k gorodu) — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Russian: ни при чём (ni pri čom) — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Spanish: no venir a cuento — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Spanish: no venir al caso — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Spanish: ni venir ni ir al caso — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Spanish: no tener nada que ver — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Spanish: ni una cosa ni la otra — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
  • Spanish: ni uno ni el otro — having no influence or significance on the issue at hand