neither here nor there

Idioms and Phrases

Unimportant, irrelevant, as in You pay for the movie and I'll get the dinner check, or vice versa—it's neither here nor there . This expression was first recorded in 1583. Also see beside the point .

Example Sentences

"Liminal spaces are transitional or transformative spaces that are neither here nor there; they are the in-between places or thresholds we pass through from one area to another," the article explains, citing University of Missouri professor Dr. Timothy Carson who uses the pandemic as an example of how a person can dip into them, referring to it as an "involuntary social liminality, a time/space that was full of uncertainty and ambiguity, all the landmarks gone, the future undefined."

From Salon

She added that "the exact amount of maternity pay in my view is neither here nor there."

From BBC

She added that "the exact amount of maternity pay in my view is neither here nor there."

From BBC

He found ways of presenting human bodies in his videos that were utterly lifelike but in a kind of suspended state of neither here nor there.

From Los Angeles Times

But that’s neither here nor there.

From Seattle Times