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Meaning of "neither one thing nor the other" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEITHER ONE THING NOR THE OTHER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEITHER ONE THING NOR THE OTHER

neighborless
neighborliness
neighborly
neighbour
neighbourhood
neighbourhood warden
neighbourhood watch
neighbouring
neighbourless
neighbourliness
neighbourly
neighing
Neill
neinei
Neisse
neither
neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
neither here nor there
neither more nor less than

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEITHER ONE THING NOR THE OTHER

another
Big Brother
bother
brother
each other
either
every other
grandmother
in one ear and out the other
mother
no other
none other
one another
one way and another
one with another
or other
other
smoother
somehow or other
stepmother
the other

Synonyms and antonyms of neither one thing nor the other in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «neither one thing nor the other» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEITHER ONE THING NOR THE OTHER

Find out the translation of neither one thing nor the other to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of neither one thing nor the other from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neither one thing nor the other» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不三不四的其他
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ni una cosa ni la otra
570 millions of speakers

English

neither one thing nor the other
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक बात है और न ही अन्य न तो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لا شيء واحد ولا غيرها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ни то, ни другое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nem uma coisa nem outra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক জিনিস বা অন্য কোনও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ni l´un ni l´autre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak satu perkara atau yang lain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weder das eine noch das andere
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一つのことも他でもない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한 가지 도 다른 도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana siji utawa liyane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không một điều cũng không khác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒன்றுமில்லை, வேறு ஒன்றும் இல்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक गोष्ट किंवा दुसरे नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ne şey ne de öteki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

né una cosa né l´altra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ani jedno , ani drugie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ні те , ні інше
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nici un lucru , nici alta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ούτε το ένα ούτε το άλλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nie een ding of die ander
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

varken det ena eller det andra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

verken det ene eller det andre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neither one thing nor the other

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEITHER ONE THING NOR THE OTHER»

The term «neither one thing nor the other» is normally little used and occupies the 108.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of neither one thing nor the other
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about neither one thing nor the other

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEITHER ONE THING NOR THE OTHER»

Discover the use of neither one thing nor the other in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neither one thing nor the other and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Untitled
"idioms be neither here nor there to not be important: It's essential that she has this medicine, and the cost is neither here nor there. . be neither one thing nor the other to be a mixture of two different things, often things that do not combine well:  ...
2
Outsiders Together: Virginia and Leonard Woolf
loose; and his eyes (as eyes tend to be), eyes merely; hazel, large; so that he was, on the whole, a border case, neither one thing nor the other; might end with a house at Purley and a motor car, or continue renting apartments in back streets all ...
Natania Rosenfeld, 2001
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Oxford Dictionary of English
2 used to introduce a further negative statement: he didn't remember, and neither did I. — PHRASES neither here nor there see HERE. neither one thing nor the other not clearly either of two things: Sam stands on the cusp, neither one thing ...
Angus Stevenson, 2010
4
Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith
I object to half-measures — it is neither one thing nor the other." But why should it be either one thing or the other ? why not something between both ? Why are half -measures necessarily or probably unwise measures? I am embarrassed in my ...
Sydney Smith, Evert Augustus Duyckinck, 1856
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden: A Children's ...
By being, as McGillis phrases it, “neither one thing nor the other,” Mary and Colin occupy a “border condition,” a liminal, unsettled space that the text finds disturbing in its inability to embrace either side of the many binaries upon which the ...
Jackie C. Horne, Joe Sutliff Sanders, 2011
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A Negro: lower-class var, of nigger, 1. Bill Truck, Sep. 1823. neigho pops! Nothing doing, pall: see ]lVE, in Appendix. Neill'! Blue Caps. See Blue Caps. neither but! not burn. Neither one thing nor the other: proletarian coll.: ca. 1860* 1940.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader
I object to half-measures ; it is neither one thing nor the other." — But why should it be one thing or the other ? why not something between both ? Why are half- measures necessarily or probably unwise measures? I am embarrassed in my ...
James Stuart Laurie, 1863
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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
object to half -measures, — it is neither one thing nor the other.' i " But why should it be either one thing or the other ? why not something between both ? Why are half-measures necessarily or probably unwise measures ? I am embarrassed in ...
Sydney Smith, Saba Holland, Sarah Austin, 1855
9
Memoir
object to half-measures, — it is neither one thing nor the other.' " But why should it be either one thing or the other ? why not something between both ? Why are half -measures necessarily or probably unwise measures ? I am embarrassed in ...
Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland, Sarah Austin, 1855
10
A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith
I object to half-measures, — it is neither one thing nor the other.' " But why should it be either one thing or the other ? why not something between both ? Why are half-measures necessarily or probably unwise measures ? I am embarrassed in ...
Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland, Sarah Austin, 1855

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEITHER ONE THING NOR THE OTHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neither one thing nor the other is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scarcity propels BoCom's AT1 to super tight success
“It's a slightly neither one thing nor the other sort of situation, but that suited us just fine and the BoCom AT1 benefited greatly from that.”. «GlobalCapital, Jul 15»
2
Jessica Raine: 'I'm keen to lighten things up a bit after Call the Midwife'
"But actually it does inform your identity: I'm neither one thing nor the other; I can shift quite easily." Not that she pines for the countryside - she ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Jessica Raine interview: Call the Midwife and Wolf Hall star criticizes …
"But actually it does inform your identity: I'm neither one thing nor the other; I can shift quite easily." Not that she pines for the countryside – she ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Brian Lucey: Athens asked to implement a plan doomed to failure
Now it is neither one thing nor the other, neither independent nor subservient. The consequence is that it is not predictable, and we need ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
5
The hybrid cloud era is here
“Hybrid cloud is neither one thing nor the other, but is somewhere in between,” he says. “However, hybrid cloud tries to marry the best of both ... «ITProPortal, May 15»
6
Cover Story: Edward Goreys Best Book Jackets
... I'm neither one thing nor the other particularly,” his palette of disquieting, ambiguous colors—a “sort of lavender, lemon yellow, olive green, ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
7
'I wouldn't see the system as defensive ... it's all about work rate'
They read their team as being neither one thing nor the other in Wexford Park that evening with a sense of McGrath juggling between new ... «Irish Independent, Apr 15»
8
West Indies fight but England in control
The shot was neither one thing nor the other, which was a contrast to the conviction Stokes had shown for much of his innings. Tredwell's stint ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Apr 15»
9
Attack breathes new life into the ODI
It was neither one thing nor the other. It was all about bits-and-pieces players, defensive fields, defensive bowling, gentle accumulation of runs ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Mar 15»
10
Spider-Man: ranking the films in order of quality
Neither one thing nor the other, it never really convinces you of its need to exist. (But the bit with the kid in the car, and the mask? That bit is ... «Den Of Geek, Mar 15»

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