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词汇 six-of-one-and-half-a-dozen-of-the-other
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six of one and half a dozen of the other


idiom informal
said when you think that neither of two choices is better than the other: 半斤八两;不相上下
"Shall we give her chocolates or flowers?" "I don't know, it's six of one and half a dozen of the other."“我们应该送她巧克力还是花?”“不知道,都差不多。”
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non-distinctive
not make any differenceidiom
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Examples of six of one and half a dozen of the other


six of one and half a dozen of the other
It is sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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Very often these cases of matrimonial upset, where one party leaves the other, are sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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The optimists and the pessimists are about equally divided; there are sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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It may be sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother, or there may be no real blame at all.
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I think, therefore, in that case it is a case of sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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It is often sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother, or some other proportion.
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The arguments in this respect are sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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It is never entirely one sided; it is invariably sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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So it seems to me that it is sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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It is really about sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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From the workers' point of view, it is sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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It has always been sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother, so why introduce this particular penalty now?
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It is not fair to argue that because you have sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother, they will cancel out.
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I think that it is sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother.
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But it is not sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother; it is five of one and two of the other.
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