twilight zone

Twilight zone is the mental state between reality and fantasy, or the lowest level of the ocean that light can penetrate.

(noun)

  1. When you come home and your extremely messy teenager has cleaned the house from top to bottom, this is an example of a time when you might feel you are living in the twilight zone.
  2. An example of the twilight zone was a sci-fi TV show called "The Twilight Zone" that told stories of weird events and alternate worlds.

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See twilight zone in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. a state of mind between reality and fantasy; dreamlike or hallucinatory state
  2. a vague or uncertain state or condition: a twilight zone between right and wrong

See twilight zone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An area of ambiguity between two distinct states or conditions: a twilight zone between good and evil.

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