idiom > betwixt and between
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Neither fish nor fowl
  Explanation: Is not a donkey nor a horse. Metaphor nondescript, nothing like.
  Usage: Joint type; as predicate, adverbial, complement; often used in conjunction with the nondescript
  Source: Han Ban Gu "Han Western Regions under the Drainage plow": "non-donkey donkey, horse not a horse, if the king of Kucha, the so-called mules also."
  Examples: And commander in chief to Xunan Shi Qu, posters and abroad, ~, appalled. (Caidong Fan, Xu Jin Father "Romance of the Republic of the popular" Sixth nine back)
  Riddle: Mule; five Unlike
No. 2
  "Han. Under the Western Regions. Drainage plow ":" ﹝  hereby ﹞ after a few years Asaga Wang, Yue Han clothing system, the property of their country, government palace, for Jiao Zhou Wei Road, access to paging, bells and drums hit, such as the Han family instrument. Foreign Hu everyone said: 'ass non-donkey, horse a horse, if  is hereby Wang, also the so-called mules.' "mules, or mules, horses and donkeys born ◇ hybrid of" hybrid "to describe something neither fish nor fowl.
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fēi lǘ fēi mǎ
  Described as nondescript, nothing like
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No. 4
  "Han Western Regions under the Drainage plow": "﹝ ﹞ Kucha after a few years Asaga Wang, Yue Han clothing system, the property of their country, government palace, for Jiao Zhou Wei Road, access to paging, bells and drums hit, such as Han Jia-yi. foreign barbarian Jieyue: 'ass non-donkey, horse a horse, if Kucha king also called Luo.' "Luo, the mules, horses and donkeys cross for us. After the use of "neither fish nor fowl" to describe something neither fish nor fowl. "Compendium of Chinese Modern History Brief forwarding <Xinmin Repository> recent non-Revolution": "It is suggested that the judges of the House were political, nothing more than copying Hozumi's" under the constitutional system of the three major political "one , However, so is pure plagiarism, is still a kind of political commentary is not harmful, speaking residents is of course mixed theory of law Yan, the wonder of all of its hybrid also. "Qu" Luantan New Hero ":" is not living say, is not dead, then said, but the hybrid mule words. "
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No. 5
  《fēi lǘ fēi mǎ
  【解释】不是驴也不是马。比喻不伦不类,什么也不像。
  【出处】《汉书·西域传下》:“驴非驴,马非马,若龟兹王,所谓骡也。”
  【示例】屈以巡按使兼总司令,布告中外,~,惊骇万分。 ◎蔡东藩、许厪父《民国通俗演义》第六九回
  【近义词】不伦不类、不三不四
  【反义词】一本正经
  【语法】联合式;作谓语、状语、补语;常与“不伦不类”连用
  【故事】汉朝时,西域有一个龟兹国国王绛宾,在汉宣帝时多次访问汉朝,他对汉朝的文化特别喜欢,回国后大力推广汉朝的文化,这与西域的传统习俗大相径庭,人们认为他的这一套似是而非的东西是驴马杂交的骡子
  汉书·西域传下·渠犁》:“(龟兹王)後数来朝贺,乐汉 衣服制度,归其国,治宫室,作徼道周卫,出入传呼,撞钟鼓,如汉家仪。外国胡人皆曰:‘驴非驴,马非马,若龟兹王,所谓■也。’”■,即骡,马驴杂交而生。后用“非驴非马”形容不伦不类的事物。
成语词典
  成语名称 非驴非马 汉语拼音 fēi lǘ fēi mǎ 成语释义 不是驴也不是马。比喻不伦不类,什么也不象。 成语出处 《汉书·西域传下》:“驴非驴,马非马,若龟兹王,所谓骡也。” 使用例句 屈以巡按使兼总司令,布告中外,非驴非马,惊骇万分。
  ★蔡东藩、许厪父《民国通俗演义》第六九回
English Expression
  1. :  be neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
  2. n.:  betwixt and between,  neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring,  neither ass nor horse
Thesaurus
And a half is not sector, Semi-semi-circles, Feisengfeisu, Monk is not impressive
Containing Phrases
neither fish, flesh, nor fowl