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1 ни два ни полтора
1) General subject: neither hay nor grass, fair to middling2) Colloquial: half-and-halfer3) Jargon: neither shit nor Shinola -
2 подросток
1) General subject: Borstal boy, adolescent, halfling, juvenile, lad, neither hay nor grass, stripling, teen-ager, teenager, teener, teeny, yearling, youngster, youth, maneen2) Medicine: adolescent (13-18 лет)3) American: tween (в возрасте от 10 до 13 лет)4) Jargon: egg, half-pint, little shaver, bubblegummer, cokey, cokie, frog Frog5) Advertising: teen6) Makarov: tween (в возрастёт от 10 до 13 лет) -
3 ни то ни сё
1) General subject: between hay and grass, betwixt and between, epicene creature, flesh nor fowl, grey area, neither fish, neither fish nor flesh, neither fish, flesh nor good red herring, nondescript, neither this nor that2) Colloquial: half-and-halfer, whity-brown4) Set phrase: (used as pred.)(of persons) neither fish nor flesh, (used as pred.)(of persons)(of things) neither one thing nor another -
4 ни то ни се
1) General subject: between hay and grass, betwixt and between, epicene creature, flesh nor fowl, grey area, neither fish, neither fish nor flesh, neither fish, flesh nor good red herring, nondescript, neither this nor that2) Colloquial: half-and-halfer, whity-brown4) Set phrase: (used as pred.)(of persons) neither fish nor flesh, (used as pred.)(of persons)(of things) neither one thing nor another -
5 ни рыба ни мясо
1) General subject: between hay and grass, flesh nor fowl, half and halfer, half angel half bird, half-and-halfer, neither fish, neither fish nor flesh ( nor good red herring), neither fish, flesh nor good red herring, betwixt hawk and buzzard2) Colloquial: wishy-washy3) Jargon: neither shit nor Shinola4) Set phrase: (used as pred.)(of persons) neither fish nor flesh -
6 ни то, ни сё
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7 ни рыба, ни мясо
General subject: between hay and grass, flesh nor fowl, flesh nor good red herring, neither fish, flesh nor fowl
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