neither here nor there

Idioms  

1. Unimportant, irrelevant, as in You pay for the movie and I'll get the dinner check, or vice versa—it's neither here nor there. This expression was first recorded in 1583. Also see beside the point.

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Example Sentences

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neither here nor there

But in many ways, the motivation behind Glasner's bombshell media briefing, in which he also admitted the club are open to selling star striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, is neither here nor there for Palace.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

He found ways of presenting human bodies in his videos that were utterly lifelike but in a kind of suspended state of neither here nor there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024

It’s not just that we don’t know where the atom is when it’s in this state, but that its position is technically not well defined — it’s neither here nor there.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

Yes I did, but that’s neither here nor there.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2023

But all that was neither here nor there.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor