ani widu, ani słychu

Polish

Alternative forms

  • ni widu, ni słychu

Etymology

Literally, “neither sight nor sound”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɲi ˈvi.du |ˈa.ɲi ˈswɘ.xu/
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Phrase

ani widu, ani słychu

  1. (idiomatic) neither hide nor hair (someone or something is not there and it is not known if there will be at all) [with genitive or o (+ locative) ‘of whom/what’]
    Minęło już 15 minut zajęć, a profesora nadal ani widu, ani słychu. ― Fifteen minutes of class had already passed, and the professor was still not there.
  2. (idiomatic) neither hide nor hair (there is no news about someone or something) [with o (+ locative) ‘of whom/what’]
    O wyczyszczeniu Pałacu Kultury i Nauki ani widu, ani słychu. ― There has been no news about the cleaning of the Palace of Culture and Science.

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