neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

== English == === Etymology === The three foods are metonyms for those things suitable to each of medieval society’s classes of people; fish represents the clergy, flesh represents commoners, whilst red herring represents paupers; the three classes are simplistically regarded as exhaustive. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring (not comparable) (idiomatic) Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”). ==== Alternative forms ==== neither fish, flesh, nor fowl; neither fish nor flesh; neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring ==== Translations ====