six of one and half a dozen of the other
informalDefinition
› said when you think that neither of two choices is better than the other: "Shall we go by car or train?" "I don't know, it's six of one and half a dozen of the other."Similar and the sameDescribing people with the same qualities
(Definition of six of one and half a dozen of the other from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- -esque suffix
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- alike adverb
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