Six to one, half a dozen to another

Posted by Pamela on December 16, 2006

In Reply to: Six to one, half a dozen to another posted by Bob on December 16, 2006

: : Six to one, half a dozen to another. - If the intended meaning is "same difference", then six of one and half a dozen of another does not work. It refers to two different things grouped by six. However, six to one (person) and half a dozen to another (person) is the same thing said two different ways. Thus, the meaning of the cliche changes depending on wether you use "of" or "to".

: It would change, but you seem to be one of the very few persons who misquotes the cliche. I did a Google search of "six to one, half a dozen to another" (your version) and got 7 hits. I then entered "six of one, half a doaen of another" and got 45,000 uses.

And the version I use "six of one half dozen of the other" gets 24,200. Pamela

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