VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Neither fish nor fowl

Meaning:

said of something not easily categorized or not fitting neatly into any established group.

Examples:

  • But what has been submitted to us is neither fish nor fowl.
  • I agree with the previous speaker that OLAF is neither fish nor fowl and it takes a characteristically arbitrary approach.
  • We were sorry that the REX Committee watered down our amendment to the point where it was neither fish nor fowl.
  • Trying to reduce everything to a common denominator will complicate things greatly and dilute the matter, and the result will be neither fish nor fowl.