neither here nor there
if a fact is neither here nor there, it is not important. Whether they go or not is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.
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IdiI()
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998neither here nor there
not of any importance. Whether we take the train or drive is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.
See also: here, neither, nor, there
IdiA()
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms © Cambridge University Press 2003
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Disproof of a proposition by showing that it leads to absurd or untenable conclusions. [Medieval Latin reductiō ad absurdum : Latin reductiō, a bringing back, reduction + Latin ad, to + Latin absurdum, absurdity, from neuter of absurdus, absurd.]
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