沈香じんこうも焚たかず屁へも放ひらず

expression

neither very good nor very bad; mediocre; having few faults but few virtues

Idiomatic expression describing a person or thing that is unremarkable, neither outstandingly good nor offensively bad. The literal meaning is 'neither burning agarwood nor passing wind' — i.e., doing nothing especially fragrant or foul.

• 彼かれは沈じん香こうも焚たかず屁へも放ひらずといった感かんじで、特とくに印いん象しょうに残のこらない。

  He's the type who neither burns incense nor farts, so to speak — he doesn't leave much of an impression.