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Substantiv
1.varken fågel eller fiskidiom

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (idiomatic) Something or someone which is not easily categorized; something or someone that does not rightly belong or fit well in a given group or situation.

Exempel

  • I know I should hate being there without you; I'm a great old thing, as Jasper says, neither fish nor fowl, you know, not come out, and not a little girl in the schoolroom, and it would be very horrid going to a grand place like that on one's own account.
  • "To tell you the truth," he confided, "I am a little tired of my job. Neither fish nor fowl, don't you know."
  • Ms. James, who has been a blues, rhythm-and-blues, funk and soul singer, said she no longer had to worry about being "neither fish nor fowl."
  • “Docudrama” is by its nature a confusing genre—neither fish nor fowl.

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