weder Fisch noch Fleisch

Significado (Inglés)

  1. neither fish nor fowl, neither fish nor flesh (something difficult to categorise)
  2. something half-baked, lacking resolution or determination

Conceptos

Sinónimos

nicht Fisch

nicht Fleisch

uneindeutig

weder das eine noch das andere

nicht klar zuzuordnen

nicht einzuordnen

nicht zu bestimmen

Traducciones

né carne né pesce

ni carn ni peix

mi figue mi raisin

homō nūllīus colōris

Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Literally, “neither fish nor meat”. Compare with Dutch vlees noch vis, French ni chair ni poisson, Polish ni pies, ni wydra, Russian ни рыба ни мясо (ni ryba ni mjaso), and so on. Perhaps from the context of fasting (on Fridays and during Lent), where fish was allowed, but other meats were not. Or from the notion that dishes containing neither of these ingredients are not “proper” food.

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