neither here nor there

[neither here nor there] {adj. phr.}

Not important to the thing being discussed; off the subject; not mattering.

* /Perhaps you did stay up late finishing your homework. That's neither here nor there. You still must come to school on time./

* /The boys all like the coach but that's neither here nor there; the question is, "Does he know how to teach football?"/

Compare: BESIDE THE POINT.

Contrast: HAVE TO DO WITH, COME TO THE POINT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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