といい～といいboth in A and in B
You pick out two examples and judge the whole by them: look at this, look at that, it is all good, or all bad.
The location, the service: you can't fault this hotel.
How to form it
Noun + といい + noun + といい
Nouns only.
- A and B
- Two sides of one thing: 色 and 形, 味 and 値段. Or two of a kind that are just the same: two bosses, two paintings.
- After it
- Your verdict: 申し分ない, 最高だ, ひどい. Not a request, and not what you mean to do.
- Tone
- Impressed, or fed up.
- Where you'll meet it
- Reviews, essays, speeches, and conversation when someone is really struck by something. Said plainly it is AもBも.
In use
The scenery, the local food: this trip was better than I had hoped.
The food, the way the staff behaved: I had no wish to go back.
The department head, the section chief: my bosses just don't listen.
Two of a kind, and the same complaint about both.
It isn't a plain "both"
English "both A and B" goes with anything. This needs a verdict after it.
Not said: 昨日は
(Yesterday I ate a lot of both curry and ramen.)
カレーもラーメンも.
Close neighbours
も～ば～もN3
Two points about one thing, each with a description of its own. With といい, one verdict covers both.
This place is expensive, and the staff are rude too.
A different thing: "I hope".
I hope it's sunny tomorrow.
Other pairs that name two things
なり～なりN1
Offers options: "A, or B, or something". Advice, a request or your own plan follows.
Please reply by phone, by email, whichever suits you.
Says it makes no difference: "whether A or B". Written, firm.
Student or working adult, everyone must follow this library's rules.
Puts it in between: "neither quite A nor quite B".
His reply was vague, neither clearly a yes nor a no.
Means everywhere, or at all hours: "A, B, all over".
The children came home covered in mud: faces, arms, everywhere.
だの～だのN1
Sounds fed up: "A, B, on and on", what someone keeps saying. Spoken.
The guest went on and on: the room was small, the view was bad, and so on.
Check yourself
1The same word goes in both blanks.
このかばんは
Choose an answer to see why.
2Which ending fits?
この
Choose an answer to see why.
More sentences
His ideas, his ability to get things done: the team couldn't do without him.
The lighting, the sound: the venue's equipment was first-rate.
In its structure and in its characters alike, this novel is noticeably rough.
It's slow, it's full of adverts: this app is hard to use.