2007-09-16 14:27:02 · 12 answers · asked by John D 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Half a dozen is six, so you have six of one, six of another. One may sound a little different (half a dozen sounds different than six) but in the end they are exactly the same. So if someone is talking about a situation involving a decision and says, "It's six of one and half a dozen of another", it means that it will make little difference if you choose one or the other....it will be the same in the end.
2007-09-16 14:35:49 · answer #1 · answered by transplanted_fireweed 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll star the question because I do in fact find it interesting, and it is worthy of a star, but I had a hunch that you were not being entirely honest with me when you simply described yourself as a non-religious theist before :p As far as my tolerance of Christianity goes, no, it wouldn't much change my opinion at all. For one thing, I know too much about the religion, and have studied it too deeply. In my younger days I seriously contemplated going to Seminary and joining the priesthood, but after both thoroughly reading the bible and studying moral philosophy, I found the entire basis of the religion, especially the concept of hell, to be repugnant to me, and no religion that has an everlasting hell can be good, and should such a God exist that would create such a place and send people there then he would certainly be evil. My tolerance of Christians is determined on an individual basis. Much how Christians are attached to the phrase "Hate the sin, love the sinner," I say "Hate the Christianity, love the Christian." Where the idea of God is concerned, I'm still waiting for a working definition that I feel comfortable with. I'm not closed to the idea of God at all. I just think that everyone has the idea wrong.
2016-03-13 04:34:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A half dozen is also 6...so 6 or half dozen...means the same thing..ie: I'll take 6 glazed...means the same as I'll take 1/2 dozen glazed.
2007-09-16 14:33:36 · answer #3 · answered by Glinda W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
6 is the same as half a dozen, but just another way of expressing it. So the quote means that the two options are equal its just a matter of the way they are packaged or expressed.
2007-09-16 14:34:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually this statement is made in the context of an argument. It is intended to embarrass a person with an opposing view to your own by showing them that their argument is not valid because you are saying the same thing they are.
Usually, the bystanders listening to the argument quickly understand the concept and laugh at the person that doesn't appear to get that you are saying the same thing.
2007-09-16 16:03:04 · answer #5 · answered by C.Thomas.H. 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's basically the same as "I say 'tomAto' you say 'tomAHto.'"
(6 and 1/2 a dozen might sound different, but they both mean the same thing).
2007-09-16 14:31:58 · answer #6 · answered by bezi_cat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it means no difference in what you opt for...6 is a half dozen.
2007-09-16 14:32:52 · answer #7 · answered by Pandora 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of these phrases: damned if you do and damned if you don't is one of them. It means that both choices are about equal; neither is advantageous to the other.
2007-09-16 14:32:50 · answer #8 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It refers to two different ways of saying or doing the same thing.
Ex. One person says, "I'm enrolled in Biology II." Another person says, "I'm in sophmore biology." Then you find out that biology II is the sophmore biology class. Two different ways of referring to the same thing.
2007-09-16 14:34:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that either way your answer is the same maybe just worded differently.
2007-09-16 14:31:50 · answer #10 · answered by woodbutcher21 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋