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Used to dismiss a correction to one's adherence to an alternative standard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- A: Then you hook the hose up to the bibcock, and you're done. B: You mean the sillcock. A: Tomayto, tomahto.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: potayto, potahto
Antonyms: none provided
Used to dismissively suggest that a particular distinction is a distinction without a difference; used to express the assertion that two similar things are effectively the same, despite any trivial difference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- A: Then you revise the database record for that transaction, and you're done. B: You mean you replace the old record with a new one. A: Tomayto, tomahto.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Uses the American English and British English pronunciations of the word tomato. Allusion to George Gershwin's song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off": "You like tomato (/təˈmeɪtə/) and I like tomato (/təˈmɑːtə/)".
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
mitä väliä
— to dismiss an alternative standard
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Polish:
ziemniaki, kartofle, pyry
— to dismiss an alternative standard
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Russian:
тво́рог, творо́г
(tvórog, tvoróg)
— to dismiss an alternative standard
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Swedish:
hipp som happ
— to dismiss an alternative standard
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Arabic:
أحمد زي الحج أحمد
(ʔaḥmad zayy il-ḥagg ʔaḥmad)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Tunisian Arabic:
الحاج موسى، موسى الحاج
(el-ḥājj mūsā, mūsā el-ḥājj)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Azerbaijani:
ya keçəl Həsən, ya Həsən keçəl
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Bulgarian:
не по врат, а по шия
(ne po vrat, a po šija)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Bulgarian:
не е врат, ами шия
(ne e vrat, ami šija)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Czech:
prašť jako uhoď
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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French:
bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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French:
blanc bonnet, bonnet blanc
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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German:
gehüpft wie gesprungen
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Greek:
όχι Γιάννης, Γιαννάκης
(óchi Giánnis, Giannákis)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Hungarian:
egyik kutya, másik eb
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Hungarian:
egyik tizenkilenc, másik egy híján húsz
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Hungarian:
egyre megy
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Persian:
چه کچل حسن، چه حسن کچل
(če kačal hasan, če hasan kačal)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Polish:
jak zwał, tak zwał
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Portuguese:
tanto faz como tanto fez
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Russian:
что́ в ло́б, что́ по́ лбу
(štó v lób, štó pó lbu)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Scottish Gaelic:
bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Serbo-Croatian:
није шија него врат
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Serbo-Croatian:
nije šija nego vrat
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Swedish:
hipp som happ
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Ukrainian:
чи в камінь головою, чи каменем у голову
(čy v kamiń holovoju, čy kamenem u holovu)
— to suggest a distinction without a difference
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Swedish:
hipp som happ
— to express two similar things being exactly the same, when they are slightly different
