Meanings
- idiomaticHaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.
2 more examples
I had life troubles and heart troubles which are neither here nor there in this narrative. But, combined with them, were intellectual troubles which are indeed germane.
1913 August, Jack London, chapter XXVIII, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 253“It would be most irregular Grandpa!” says Miss Cecily frowning and tapping her foot. “Well, we’re a pretty irregular family so that’s neither here nor there,” says the old man, impish like.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 33Synonyms: beside the point, betwixt and between, immaterial, impertinent, irrelevant, unimportant, unrelated · Antonyms: germane, important, pertinent, related, relevant
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
Translations
Bulgarian не на място
- не на място (ne na mjasto)having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Chinese Mandarin 無關緊要的 /无关紧要的, 无关紧要的
- 無關緊要的 /无关紧要的having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- 无关紧要的 (wúguānjǐnyào de)having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- 不相干的 (bùxiānggān de)having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- 不切題的 /不切题的 (bùqiètí de)having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Dutch niet ter zake doen, er niks mee te maken hebben
- niet ter zake doenhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- er niks mee te maken hebbenhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- irrelevanthaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- onbelangrijkhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Finnish epäolennainen
- epäolennainenhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
French n'avoir rien à voir
- n'avoir rien à voirhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Icelandic gera hvorki til né frá
- gera hvorki til né fráhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Polish bez związku
- bez związkuhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Russian не к ме́сту, ни к селу ни к городу
- не к ме́сту (ne k méstu)having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- ни к селу ни к городу (ni k selu ni k gorodu)having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- ни при чём (ni pri čom)having no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Spanish no venir a cuento, no venir al caso
- no venir a cuentohaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- no venir al casohaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- ni venir ni ir al casohaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- no tener nada que verhaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- ni una cosa ni la otrahaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
- ni uno ni el otrohaving no influence or significance on the issue at hand
Cite this entry
neither here nor there. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neither%20here%20nor%20there
“neither here nor there.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neither%20here%20nor%20there. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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