English Dictionary

neither fish nor fowl

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) Something or someone which is not easily categorized; something or someone that does not rightly belong or fit well in a given group or situation.

日本語の意味

どちらのカテゴリーにもはっきり属さず、区分が難しいもの。また、分類が定まらず中途半端な状態のもの。 / 適切なグループに分類されず、どこにもピッタリ当てはまらない、曖昧な性質を持つもの。

The new policy is neither fish nor fowl, leaving managers unsure how to apply it.

その新しい方針はどっちつかずで、管理者たちはそれをどのように適用すればよいか分からない。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Something or someone which is not easily categorized; something or someone that does not rightly belong or fit well in a given group or situation.

I know I should hate being there without you; I'm a great old thing, as Jasper says, neither fish nor fowl, you know, not come out, and not a little girl in the schoolroom, and it would be very horrid going to a grand place like that on one's own account.