be able neither to cry nor to laugh(kū xiào bù dé)

be able neither to cry nor to laugh

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ū Xi à ob ù D é, which means it's not good to cry or laugh. It's embarrassing. From the cobbler lies.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Gaoan's the cobbler lies: "a good scene, a bad one, you can't cry or laugh."

Idiom usage

I can't be responsible when I bite the pepper. Lu Xun's pseudo freedom book: stop crying literature

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: neither laughing nor crying nor embarrassed [antonym]: easy to handle

Chinese PinYin : kū xiào bù dé