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.
See also: another, dozen, half, of, six

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ÓLafur-Icelandic
Elissa (1)-Roman Mythology
Ede-Hungarian
Nikolina-Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Muhamed-Bosnian
FlaithrÍ-Irish