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- It's six of one, half a dozen of another
It's six of one, half a dozen of another
It's six of one, half a dozen of another.
Cliché Two options are equivalent. To get downtown, we can either take the highway or the side streets. It's six of one, half a dozen of another, since both routes take the same amount of time. Jill: Would you rather peel the carrots or wash the lettuce? Jane: It's six of one, half a dozen of the other.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
GonÇAlo | | goon-SA-loo | Portuguese |
Cupid | | KYOO-pəd (English) | Roman Mythology |
Jodie | | JO-dee | English |
FÍOna | | - | Irish |
Darrin | | DER-in, DAR-in | English |
BoŽEna | | - | Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian |