Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
ни к селу, ни к городу
English translation:
Totally out of place
Added to glossary by
Milana_R
Jul 31, 2002 14:53
21 yrs ago
Russian term
ни к селу, ни к городу
Non-PRO
Russian to English
Art/Literary
о декорациях. "какие-то шторы и колонны в непонятном стиле, которые здесь определенно ни к селу ни к городу".
какой в английском этому есть эквивалент?
какой в английском этому есть эквивалент?
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15 mins
Emil Tubinshlak
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Excellence in all areas
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, Hebrew to English
Related KudoZ points
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Totally out of place
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sounds convincing. :) Thanks!"
+6
7 mins
without rhyme or reason
(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)
If you say that something has no rhyme or reason, you mean that you can see no obvious explanation for it.
If you say that something has no rhyme or reason, you mean that you can see no obvious explanation for it.
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Mark Vaintroub
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thank you
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Clive Wilshin
: Cf. Lubensky's superb Dictionary of Idioms, which also suggests 'totally inappropriate'
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thanks
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: If the meaning is that the items don't go together well, then you could say they were chosen without reason. If none of them belong there in the first place then tubinshlak's suggestion is better, I would say
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Yes!
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Milana_R
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спасибо
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AYP
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thanks
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artyan
: I like this one better.
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большое спасибо
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58 mins
Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
The sports specialists
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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1214
not for grading - correction to my note to Yelena's answer
Sorry, should read: "chosen without rhyme or reason"
+3
3 hrs
neither here nor there
- neither here nor there
- were picked out of the blue
- have no particular style
- have no rhyme or reason
- don't match anything
- are distasteful
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Note added at 2002-08-01 09:39:09 (GMT)
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- have \"mismatch\" written all over them
LOL
- were picked out of the blue
- have no particular style
- have no rhyme or reason
- don't match anything
- are distasteful
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Note added at 2002-08-01 09:39:09 (GMT)
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- have \"mismatch\" written all over them
LOL
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: "neither here nor there" is used to describe the relevance of something that has been said. i don't think one can use it in this sense.
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thank you - you might be right. I have seen/heard it used for tangible things as well
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Sergey Gorelik
: Sorry, Milana, didn't see your answer because of my e-net connection
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thank you - good to share the same thoughts with one of our greatest... :)
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AYP
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thank you Sasha
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Sarah Allsopp (X)
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thank you Sarah
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clash with setting/decor
do not match/fit/belong
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out in the left field
Actually, I think 'out of the blue' would also fit in here
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: to be "out in left field" (normally without the definite article) is not necesarily a bad thing, just means unorthodox or non-mainstream - so not suitable here.
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Milana_R
: "out in the left field" - sounds like "out there", or "out in its own little world" - as in doesn't match. So it might fit here, depending on the context
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Irene Chernenko
: "out of the blue" means sudden, unexpected
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Lilian Vardanyan
Greece
Greece
Greece
Hard-working, quick and experienced.
Works in: Greek to English, English to Russian, English to Greek, and 8 more.
irrelevant
I always used this term as an equivalent.
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