grey area
An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the…An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined.
» It is regarded as a grey area.
Es wird als Grauzone betrachtet.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic)An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined.
It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal.
Grauzone
се́рая зо́наséraja zóna
(idiomatic)A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation.
an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
Examples
4 sentencesIt is regarded as a grey area.
deEs wird als Grauzone betrachtet.
Today, we live in a grey area.
deHeute leben wir in einer Grauzone.
It's a legal grey area.
deDas ist eine Grauzone.
Algeria is in the grey area between democratic and authoritarian.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Because grey is a blend of black and white.Because grey is a blend of black and white.
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