单词 | be neither here nor there |
释义 | be neither here nor there From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe neither here nor therebe neither here nor therespokenCONNECTED WITH used to say that something is not important because it does not affect a fact or situation SYN irrelevant The fact that she needed the money for her children is neither here nor there – it’s still stealing. → neitherExamples from the Corpusbe neither here nor there• It's true we're not friends but that's neither here nor there. We're still able to work together.• The fact that she hadn't seen her prospective husband since she was ten was neither here nor there.• What I think about your husband is neither here nor there.• But that was neither here nor there.• Dinner half an hour earlier or later was neither here nor there.• That he was not in the category ordained by the Marketing Department for the evening was neither here nor there.• The cost would be borne by Grunte Accessories, but that was neither here nor there.• She and Carolan had no children, but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays.• The fact that you fantasise about a woman rather than a man is neither here nor there in these circumstances.• Art was neither here nor there; money was the issue.• What Cheng's intentions were is neither here nor there. What matters is what he did. |
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