“Neither here nor there”in other languages
Not relevant to what's being discussed.
English
Bulgarian
Lithuanian
Same idea, different pictures
English places the remark nowhere; Shakespeare already uses it in Othello. Lithuanian aims for neither the fence nor the post, nei į tvorą, nei į mietą.
Bulgarian dismisses it as “my granny's kite”, на баба ми хвърчилото: two things about as related as a grandmother and a kite. Brazilian Portuguese says nada a ver, nothing to do with it.
More sayings in other languages
- When pigs fly
- Nip something in the bud
- No bed of roses
- No contest
- No pain, no gain
- No sweat
- Be at one's wits' end
- Not mince one's words
- Not worth a hill of beans