six of one, half a dozen of the other

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51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: не врат, ами шия (ne vrat, ami šija) — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Catalan: el mateix gos amb diferent collar — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Czech: jeden za osmnáct, druhý bez dvou za dvacet — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Czech: prašť jako uhoď — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Dutch: lood om oud ijzer — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Finnish: kuusi noita ja puoli tusinaa noita toisia — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Finnish: ihan sama — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• French: bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• French: kif-kif — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• French: du pareil au même — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• French: chou vert et vert chou — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• French: quatre trente sous pour une piastre — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• German: Jacke wie Hose — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• German: gehüpft wie gesprungen — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• German: ein und dasselbe — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• German: einerlei — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Hungarian: egyik kutya, másik eb — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Hungarian: egyik tizenkilenc, másik egy híján húsz — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Hungarian: egyre megy — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Indonesian: setali tiga uang — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Indonesian: dari semak ke belukar — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Irish: deartháir don sac an mála — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Irish: is ionann an cás an t-éag agus an bás — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Italian: se non è zuppa è pan bagnato — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Japanese: 似たり寄ったり (nitari yottari) — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Korean: 서로 같다 (seoro gatda) — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Korean: 어슷비슷하다 (eoseutbiseuthada) — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Korean: 피차일반 (pichailban) — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Latvian: cik garš, tik plats — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Macedonian: едно та исто (edno ta isto) — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Macedonian: не по врат, по шија (ne po vrat, po šija) — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Occitan: qu’ei pigas e agaças — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Polish: wart Pac pałaca, a pałac Paca — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Polish: wszystko jedno — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Polish: ganc egal — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Polish: ganc pomada — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Polish: to jedno i to samo — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Polish: jak go zwał, tak go zwał — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Portuguese: trocar seis por meia dúzia — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Scottish Gaelic: bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Slovak: jeden za osemnásť, druhý bez dvoch za dvadsať — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Slovene: eno in isto — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Somali: kalabadh — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Lower Sorbian: wšykno ta sama jěšnica — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Upper Sorbian: pěši jako z wozom — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Spanish: tres cuartos de lo mismo — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Spanish: el mismo perro con diferente collar — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Spanish: dar lo mismo — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Swedish: hugget som stucket — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Welsh: chwaer i Mam yw Modryb — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent
• Welsh: chwech o un a hanner dwsin o'r llall yw hi — two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent