Sin pena ni gloria

[ROBINDESBOIS]

who can give me some equivalents for this stock phrase in ENglish?

[Tomisimo]

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.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Excellent examples, also for books or entertainment shows.

[poli]

neither hot nor cold
so so (this term is also used among Latinamericans)

[ROBINDESBOIS]

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?