be neither one thing nor the other
to be a mixture of two different things, often things that do not combine well:
I prefer a book to be either fact or fiction - this one is neither one thing nor the other!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mixing and mixtures
- beat
- blend
- blend in/blend into sth
- brew
- churn
- cocktail
- combination
- cross-fertilization
- decoction
- emulsion
- impure
- intermingle
- meld
- mingle
- mixture
- neither
- preparation
- roll
- rolled into one idiom
- substance
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