something or someone that does not belong to a definite group I don
neither fish, (flesh,) nor fowl
sth.or sb.that does not belong to a definite group or known class非驴非马;不伦不类 Mrs.Harris bought a piece of furniture that was both a table and a chair.Mr.Harris said it was neither fish nor fowl.哈里斯太太买了一张桌子兼椅子的家俱,她先生说那是不伦不类。 That book is neither fish,flesh,nor fowl.这本书写得不伦不类。
neither fish, nor fowl
sth.or sb.that does not belong to a definite group or known class非驴非马;不伦不类 Mrs.Harris bought a piece of furniture that was both a table and a chair.Mr.Harris said it was neither fish nor fowl.哈里斯太太买了一张桌子兼椅子的家俱,她先生说那是不伦不类。 That book is neither fish,flesh,nor fowl.这本书写得不伦不类。
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Something or someone that does not belong to a definite group or known class; a strange person or thing; someone or something odd or hard to understand. The man is neither fish nor fowl; he votes Democrat or Republican according to which will do him the most good.Mrs. Harris bought a piece of furniture that was both a table and a chair. Mr. Harris said it was neither fish nor fowl.The movie is neither fish nor fowl; it is a funny love story.
Neither one affair nor another; not acceptance to any acceptable chic or description; not apparent or appropriate of any one accurate thing. We crave a band-aid that anon deals with the affair at hand, but what the adjudicator has put advanced is, to my mind, neither fish, beef nor fowl.Learn more: fowl, neither, nor
neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
Not one or the other; not applicable any category. This appellation dates from the sixteenth aeon and appeared in John Heywood’s 1546 Proverbs as “She is nother fyshe, nor fleshe, nor acceptable red hearyng [herring].” The affinity refers to aliment for monks (fish), for the bodies (meat), and for the poor (red herring). Shakespeare additionally acclimated the term; back Falstaff blame Mistress Quickly, he says she’s an otter because “She’s neither angle nor flesh; a man knows not area to accept her” (Henry IV, Part 1, 3.3).Learn more: fowl, neither, norLearn more:
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유사한 단어 사전, 다른 단어, 동의어, 숙어 관용구 neither fish, flesh, nor fowl