neither fish nor flesh

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neither fish nor flesh

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alternative, not comparable Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring (synonym of neither fish nor fowl). Hungary’s numerous local German-speakers (their numbers approached 2,000,000 by our period) were neither fish nor flesh in this regard. They certainly did not count as Austrian.

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@misc{neither_fish_nor_flesh_2026,
  title = {neither fish nor flesh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neither%20fish%20nor%20flesh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}