like it or not; whether one likes it or not
Set phrase used adverbially, typically followed by a negative expression or a statement about an unavoidable situation. Often appears as 好きでも嫌いでもない or 好きでも嫌いでも…ない.
See also: 好き嫌い (すききらい)
Like it or not, there are things you have to do.
I neither like nor dislike him.
Phrase composed of 好き (like) + でも (even if) + 嫌い (dislike) + でも (even if), literally 'even if one likes or dislikes'.