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there is no "there" there

there is no "there" there is the alternative form of there is no there there.

Meaning of there is no there there

Phrase

there is no there there

  1. (idiomatic) The indicated thing, person, or other matter has no distinctive identity, or no significant characteristics, or no functional center point; nothing significant exists in that place; nothing significant is occurring in that situation.
    • She took us to see her granddaughter who was teaching in the Dominican convent in San Raphael, we went across the bay on a ferry, that had not changed but Goat Island might just as well not have been there, anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from...1937, Gertrude Stein, Everybody's Autobiography, Vintage Books, published 1973, page 289

Questions about there is no "there" there

What is there is no "there" there the alternative form of?
There is no "there" there is the alternative form of there is no there there.

Words near there is no "there" there in the dictionary

  1. there is a new sheriff in town
  2. there is a place and time for everything
  3. there is a time and a place for everything
  4. there is a time and place for everything
  5. there is an exception to every rule
  6. there is no "there" there
  7. there is no free lunch
  8. there is no honor among thieves
  9. there is no honour among thieves
  10. there is no Planet B
  11. there is no replacement for displacement

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