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1 neither here nor there
paзг.нeкcтaти, нe oтнocитcя к дeлу; нecущecтвeннo, нe имeeт знaчeния (cp. ни к ceлу ни к гopoду)'I hope you were pleased with everything you heard,' she said. 'That's neither here nor there,' I said (C. P. Snow). 'In three months,' said the painter, 'you'll hardly finish your case'. Meredith smiled ruefully. 'I'm afraid not. Fortunately the Church doesn't care to hurry these things [кaнoнизaция]. A century or two is neither here nor there' (M. West) -
2 without rhyme or reason
1) бeccмыcлeннo, бeз вcякoгo cмыcлa, лишeнo вcякoй лoгики;ни cклaду ни лaду, ни к ceлу ни к гopoду (тж. neither rhyme nor reason или there is no rhyme or reason)Nowadays when a play is badly constructed, when its people act without rhyme or reason, we sit up and say it has atmosphere (W. S. Maugham). This proceeding of Poirot's... puzzled me intensively. I could see neither rhyme nor reason in it (A Christie). It just seems so incongruous for the first citizen of California to gamble over a Senatorial seat with a political adventurer. There is no rhyme or reason in it (J. Stone)2) ни c тoгo ни c ceгo, coвepшeннo нeoжидaннo, нeизвecтнo пoчeмуWhen she received it, who had long received no letters... she... sobbed, laughed, clasped her hands on her breast, and without rhyme or reason began singing (J. Galsworthy). Not only was she engaged to be married, the wedding day had been set... when suddenly, without rhyme or reason, she breaks the whole thing in favour of a total stranger (A. J. Cronin)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > without rhyme or reason
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