| 单词 | sixand half-a-dozen |
| 释义 | > as lemmassix..and half-a-dozen f. six..and half-a-dozen.., denoting that there is little or no difference or choice between two (sets of) persons or things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > the same [phrase] > there is no difference six‥and half-a-dozen1836 not much, little, etc., in it1907 (there is) nothing in it1927 1836 F. Marryat Pirate iv I never knows the children. It's just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons xxxviii ‘What do they say about his chance?’.. ‘Six and half-a-dozen, sir.’ 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. xii. 256 My verdict is, six of one and half a dozen of the other. < as lemmas |
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