海の物とも山の物ともつかない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うみ
Grade: 2
もの
Grade: 3
やま
Grade: 1
もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
の物とも山の物ともつかない (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally “neither things in the ocean nor things in the mountain”.

Idiom

(うみ)(もの)とも(やま)(もの)ともつかない (umi no mono tomo yama no mono tomo tsukanai) 

  1. neither fish nor fowl, up in the air
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