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idiomdozensix of one, half a dozen of the otherspoken used in order to say that there is not much difference between two possible choices, situations etc:He'll do the same thing whether you talk to him or not. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.In terms of time, it doesn't matter whether we take the bus or drive. It's six of one, half a dozen of the other.talk nineteen to the dozen BrEBrEto talk a lot, very quickly, and without stopping:Mr James and Nick went off together, talking nineteen to the dozen.Rita enjoyed her dinner, chattered away nineteen to the dozen, and decided that Mark was really quite good-looking.AmE = talk a blue streak
See:- a baker's dozen
- a banker's dozen
- a dime a dozen
- a long dozen
- baker's dozen
- baker's half dozen
- be a dime a dozen
- by the dozen
- by the dozen(s)
- by the dozens
- cheaper by the dozen
- daily dozen
- decimal dozen
- dime a dozen
- dime a dozen, a
- half a dozen
- it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
- It's six of one, half a dozen of another
- long dozen
- nineteen to the dozen
- play the dozens
- shoot the dozens
- six in one, (and) half a dozen in the other
- six of one and half a dozen of the other
- six of one, (and) half a dozen of the other
- six of one, half a dozen of the other
- talk nineteen to the dozen
- talk twenty to the dozen
- talk, etc. nineteen to the dozen
- ten to the dozen
- the dirty dozens
- the dozens
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