Idiom-Monday #19 Six of one, half a dozen of the other

Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice!

This phrase is clever as it says the same thing twice!

You'll need to know what 'dozen' means here - which is 12, so half a dozen = 6.

So when you say this idiom it means, it's either plan A or plan A! We say it when we have 2 choices (both usually negative but not always - and we say it to mean that we don't mind either choice, they're 'both the same to me' or 'all the same to me'.

Let’s have a look at some examples:

"Shall we give her chocolates or flowers?" - "I don't know, it's six of one and half a dozen of the other."

“I can take the bus or the subway to get home; during rush hour, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other.”

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