English Dictionary

there is no there there

フレーズ

慣用表現

(idiomatic) The indicated thing, person, or other matter has no distinctive identity, or no significant characteristics, or no functional center point; nothing significant exists in that place; nothing significant is occurring in that situation.

日本語の意味

その対象となる事物や人物は、顕著な特徴や重要な性質、または中心的な機能を欠いている、つまりその場所や状況において何も特筆すべきものや起こっていることがない状態を意味する。

I wandered through the refurbished shopping district and realized there is no there there; the storefronts looked like props, not part of a real, thriving community.

改装された商店街を歩いてみて、そこには本当の中身がまったくなく、店先は活気ある本当のコミュニティの一部というよりも舞台装置のように見えると気づいた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) The indicated thing, person, or other matter has no distinctive identity, or no significant characteristics, or no functional center point; nothing significant exists in that place; nothing significant is occurring in that situation.

She took us to see her granddaughter who was teaching in the Dominican convent in San Raphael, we went across the bay on a ferry, that had not changed but Goat Island might just as well not have been there, anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.