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- НИ ПАВА НИ ВОРОНА obsoles, coll
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subj-compl with быть*, чувствовать себя etc (subj: human
fixed WO
a person who has drifted away from a certain group, milieu etc, yet has not become associated with anotherX ни пава ни ворона - X is neither fish nor fowlX is neither one thing nor the other.From Ivan Krylov's fable The Crow" («Ворона»), 1825.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.