"Nem melhor, nem pior, simplesmente diferente."

Translation: Neither better nor worse, simply different.

[manosdefie]

Oh man! This sentence is why I love Portuguese! That alliteration! And the way it flows! (i.e., the "meter"). (Also, I like the meaning of the sentence. I use it in a lot of different circumstances :D )

[JCMcGee]

Totally... I think this is my new fave portuguese phrase! Fave word is still TUBARÃO!

[JugderGurr1]

Mine is abacaxi, tubarão second

[Gramadulcha]

I wish there are more sentences like this one here. I like the rhyme and I love its meaning!

[pfeil]

Sounds like those quotes teenager girls put on her selfies on Instagram.

[Vitor_S20]

Why "(...) simply different" is wrong?

[msbraz]

It's accepted now :)

[LeonardoLumenhe]

Why not "best"?

[cdjaimesh]

i simply remember that "best" is with "the" (neither the best") and better isn't, like here (neither better). In portugues would be with "o": "nem o melhor, nem o pior"

[Shearie]

Why is "Neither the best, nor worst..." wrong?

[Davu]

I think you'd use articles to force the superlative meaning: "Nem o melhor, nem o pior", but the comparative forms make more sense here.

[AnnarHolm]

You cannot use neither twice?

[Paulenrique]

No. It is "Neither... nor..."

[msnag]

Is the double use of neither (neither bother, neither worse...) inaccurate English?

[manosdefie]

Um, yes. The translation above is correct...

[msnag]

Thanks! That's the great thing of learning Portuguese through English: practicing them both at the same time.

[al123504]

im doing that too

[THESmoot]

Why is "It's neither better nor worse" not accepted?

[adrin19]

theres no object in the sentence

[dungna93]

No subject, no object and also no main verb, in fact.
The elliptical sentence is simply a subject complement with its left part "It's" implied.

[adh345501]

'Neither good nor bad, simply different'- is it wrong?