If it's neither here nor there, then where is it ? It's gotta be somewhere.
I never could understand that expression.
I never could understand that expression.
"That's neither here nor there"
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Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
I never could understand that expression.
Do you understand what it means?
I never could understand that expression.
Do you understand what it means?
Is BiTOG the only site you can navigate to? Doesn't Google work in Merkavatown? I would think the definition was obvious, but if not there are plenty of resources online that help explain the meaning and origins of idioms.
Lately I log in here... and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!!
Lately I log in here... and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!!
Knowing the actual meaning is neither here nor there to the use of the expression.
Originally Posted By: tom slick
Knowing the actual meaning is neither here nor there to the use of the expression.
I mean, I get what you were trying to do here... But no.
Knowing the actual meaning is neither here nor there to the use of the expression.
I mean, I get what you were trying to do here... But no.
I was going to start a thread about what exactly "o'clock" is supposed to mean, but I guess I'll just forget it.
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I figured if it's not here nor there,it's "where" :^)
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
I was going to start a thread about what exactly "o'clock" is supposed to mean, but I guess I'll just forget it.
This is where "o'clock" came from:
"To distinguish the fact that one was referencing a clock's time, rather than something like a sundial, as early as the fourteenth century one would say something like, “It is six of the clock,” which later got slurred down to “six o'clock” sometime around the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries."
I was going to start a thread about what exactly "o'clock" is supposed to mean, but I guess I'll just forget it.
This is where "o'clock" came from:
"To distinguish the fact that one was referencing a clock's time, rather than something like a sundial, as early as the fourteenth century one would say something like, “It is six of the clock,” which later got slurred down to “six o'clock” sometime around the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries."
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
If it's neither here nor there, then where is it ? It's gotta be somewhere.
I never could understand that expression.
The term basically means something is "unimportant, inconsequential, irrelevant and immaterial".
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/expression-day-neither-here-nor-there
If it's neither here nor there, then where is it ? It's gotta be somewhere.
I never could understand that expression.
The term basically means something is "unimportant, inconsequential, irrelevant and immaterial".
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/expression-day-neither-here-nor-there
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
I was going to start a thread about what exactly "o'clock" is supposed to mean, but I guess I'll just forget it.
This is where "o'clock" came from:
"To distinguish the fact that one was referencing a clock's time, rather than something like a sundial, as early as the fourteenth century one would say something like, “It is six of the clock,” which later got slurred down to “six o'clock” sometime around the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries."
For Pete's sake Zee! I really had to indicate sarcasm for that one?
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
I was going to start a thread about what exactly "o'clock" is supposed to mean, but I guess I'll just forget it.
This is where "o'clock" came from:
"To distinguish the fact that one was referencing a clock's time, rather than something like a sundial, as early as the fourteenth century one would say something like, “It is six of the clock,” which later got slurred down to “six o'clock” sometime around the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries."
For Pete's sake Zee! I really had to indicate sarcasm for that one?
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Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
It's not an expression, it's an idiom. Idioms have a different meaning from their literal components.
Your idiom means whatever you're saying is of no importance or relevance. A bit ironic.
Any thread that generates a derogatory response from Pop_Rivit is a success.
It's not an expression, it's an idiom. Idioms have a different meaning from their literal components.
Your idiom means whatever you're saying is of no importance or relevance. A bit ironic.
Any thread that generates a derogatory response from Pop_Rivit is a success.
I think the phrase is BITOG's motto, Merk.
Changing gears a bit (I have AADD)
So, "at the end of the day", is it 12AM or 12PM?
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So, "at the end of the day", is it 12AM or 12PM?
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