English

Description

The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.

Alternate Forms

Six in one hand and a half dozen in the other

Sources

Equivalents

This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.

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Greek
Όχι Γιάννης, Γιαννάκης
Not John, Johnny
Italian
se non è zuppa è pan bagnato
if it's not soup it's soaked bread
Portuguese
trocar seis por meia dúzia
To trade six for half a dozen
Spanish
ser el mismo perro con diferente collar
same dog with different collar
Spanish
tres cuartos de lo mismo
three quarters of the same thing