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
be able neither to cry nor to laugh
be able to withstand heavy battering - diān pū bù mó