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НИ ТО НИ СЁ
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WO 1. ( subj-compl with бытье, оказаться (subj: human or nonagreeing modif ) a person or thing that lacks distinguishing characteristics or features, that is mediocre
neither this nor that
neither one thing nor the othernothing out of the ordinaryrun-of-the-millnondescript(in limited contexts) betwixt and between.
2. rare
adv in a mediocre way, neither well nor poorly, neither positively nor negatively etc
so-so
fair to middling.
3. rare (often used as an indep. remark) used to relay one's own or someone else's previous or expected noncommittal response to a question, suggestion etc
neither yes nor no
one remains noncommittalone doesn't give (
s.o. ) any definite answer.