neither fish nor fowl

Also, neither fish nor flesh; neither fish, flesh, nor fowl. Not one or the other, not something fitting any category under discussion. For example, They felt he was neither fish nor fowl—not qualified to lead the department, yet not appropriate to work as a staff member either. This expression appeared in slightly different form in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection (“Neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring”) and is thought to allude to food for monks (fish, because they abstained from meat), for the people (flesh, or meat), and for the poor (red herring, a very cheap fish).

Words nearby neither fish nor fowl

neisseria, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, neither, Neither a borrower nor a lender be, neither fish nor fowl, neither here nor there, neither hide nor hair, neither rhyme nor reason, Neiva, Nejd

单词	neither fish nor fowl
释义	neither fish nor fowl Also, neither fish nor flesh; neither fish, flesh, nor fowl. Not one or the other, not something fitting any category under discussion. For example, They felt he was neither fish nor fowl—not qualified to lead the department, yet not appropriate to work as a staff member either. This expression appeared in slightly different form in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection (“Neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring”) and is thought to allude to food for monks (fish, because they abstained from meat), for the people (flesh, or meat), and for the poor (red herring, a very cheap fish). Words nearby neither fish nor fowl neisseria, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, neither, Neither a borrower nor a lender be, neither fish nor fowl, neither here nor there, neither hide nor hair, neither rhyme nor reason, Neiva, Nejd The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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