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much of a muchness

idiom
Meaning

Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.


Examples
SIMPLE

These two laptops are much of a muchness.

CONTEXTUAL

I couldn't decide between the two apartments since they were much of a muchness.

COMPLEX

Critics argued that the rival films, for all their pretensions to originality, were much of a muchness — both slick, forgettable, and utterly safe.

Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    much ado about nothing

    A lot of fuss or bother about something trivial.

  2. 02

    not much of anything

    Very little; not a lot.

  3. 03

    protest too much

    To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

  4. 04

    so much for

    An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.

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