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| Russian | English |
| издали и так и сяк, а вблизи – ни то ни сё | nothing is as good as it seems before hand |
| ни то ни сё | from fair to middling |
| ни то ни сё | neither hay nor grass |
| ни то ни сё | neither one thing nor another (used as pred.) (of persons) (of things) |
| ни то ни сё | neither fish nor flesh |
| ни то ни сё | neither fish, nor flesh |
| ни то, ни сё | betwixt and between |
| ни то ни сё | neither fish, flesh nor fowl |
| ни то ни сё | fair to middling |
| ни то ни сё | neither one thing nor another (of things; of persons; used as pred.) |