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be neither one thing nor the other
be neither one thing nor the other
To be an unappealing combination of two very different things. A: "I thought you liked country and jazz." B: "I do, and that's why this band is so disappointing—it's neither one thing nor the other."
be neither one thing nor the other
if you say that something is neither one thing nor the other, you think it is bad because it is a mixture of two different things that do not combine well together I prefer a book to be either fact or fiction - this one's neither one thing nor the other.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Bert | | [bə:t] | |
| Wolodymyr | | - | Ukrainian |
| Mauro | | MOW-ro (Italian) | Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian) |
| Volya | | - | Russian (Rare) |
| Achard | | - | Old Norman |
| Francisco | | frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |