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Canadien version of One Donut Short of a Dozen
Oh he's a few timbits short of a dozen
Used to compare two things that are the same.
Half/Half
50/50
If I go left or right i'll turn up at the same place in the end. It's six of one half dozen of the other.
It means that 6 of something is exactly the same as half a dozen of another. An analogy used to say what your doing isn't different then something else. Also used for objects or many other things that are similar or the same.
Sally: Its half past two.
Joe: Don't you mean 2:30
Sally: Six of one half a dozen of another.
It essentially means that something is the same thing. The two things you're talking about are really similar.
Tom: "Hey we can either rent a Ford Taurus, or a Mercury Sable."
Eric: "well 6 of 1, half dozen of another."
A shortened form of "six in one-half dozen in the other".
Used to represent or describe the same outcome of two circumstances.
50/50.
You could take the highway, or take city roads. It doesn't really matter, they both take 10 minutes, it's six in one-half dozen.
A situation which could go either way. Maybe good or bad. 50/50. See: the English phrase rice and chips.
It was six of one, half dozen of the other, so what could I do?
six and six
yah i'll have six of one half dozen of the other of those eggs.