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Old August 03, 2009, 04:52 AM
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who can give me some equivalents for this stock phrase in ENglish?
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Can you give me an example of what it means and how you would use it in a sentence? I don't recall having heard this phrase before. A bit of research shows that it doesn't literally mean "without shame or glory". The main meaning I found was more like unimportant, unnoticed, completely normal, average etc.

La obra de teatro pasó por los escenarios sin pena ni gloria.
The play was incredibly average.

La película pasará a la historia sin pena ni gloria.
It was a completely forgettable movie.
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Excellent examples, also for books or entertainment shows.
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neither hot nor cold
so so (this term is also used among Latinamericans)
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That´s a differente one. No dar ni frío ni calor, no hacer ni fu ni fa, when something is indifferent to you. Is there a saying in English?
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