Idiom
six of one, half a dozen of the other
Meaning
The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it does not matter which one is chosen.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is six of one, half a dozen of the other to me.”
“Whether we take the bus or the train, it is six of one, half a dozen of the other.”
“The committee debated the two proposals at length, only to conclude that the differences were negligible and it was truly six of one, half a dozen of the other.”
Examples
simple
“It is six of one, half a dozen of the other to me.”
contextual
“Whether we take the bus or the train, it is six of one, half a dozen of the other.”
complex
“The committee debated the two proposals at length, only to conclude that the differences were negligible and it was truly six of one, half a dozen of the other.”
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