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

But that Musk is just another layer of fraud is neither here nor there.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

Playing the game in front of 50,000 of their own - and none of Celtic's - was neither here nor there.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

This is a woman that works in a program where she is neither here nor there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023

I could go on, but that’s neither here nor there.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2022

But all that was neither here nor there.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor