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(1) - { half a dozen } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "half a dozen"
1: six
(1) - { it's six of one and half a dozen of the other } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "it's six of one and half a dozen of the other"
1: —used to say that one does not see any real difference between two possible choices
(1) - { it's six of one, half (a) dozen of the other } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "it's six of one, half (a) dozen of the other"
1: —used to say that one does not see any real difference between two possible choices
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# 1 - { Half a dozen:7927823 }
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[ "Half a dozen" ]
1: The same as the number six, but used by people who think "six" is way too long.
* e.g., ... I entered the "No usage of words thought to be way too long when actually short" club and there were half a dozen guys armed with bats looking at me.
# 2 - { Half a Dozen:6900479 }
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[ "Half a Dozen" ]
1: BMW 6-Series
* e.g., ... BMW 645i, 650i, and M6
# 3 - { Half Metric Dozen:614035 }
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[ "Half Metric Dozen" ]
1: A Half Metric Dozen is defined as either 5 or 6 depending on the situation.
* e.g., ... A- I want a cigarette.
[ "Half Metric Dozen" ]
2: To Circle logic yourself into a hole.
* e.g., ... B- You just had one.
# 4 - { Six of one half a dozen of another:4274107 }
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[ "Six of one half a dozen of another" ]
1: 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.
* e.g., ... Sally: Its half past two.
# 5 - { magical half dozen:2761755 }
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[ "magical half dozen" ]
1: a term used by psychedelic chemist alexander shulgin to describe the six actively psychedelic phenethylamines he felt had the most profound and significant effects. these include "2C-B", "2C-T-7", "2C-T-2", "Mescaline", and "DOM" ("STP"). many people think that "MDMA" and "MDA" are part of this group, but nah dude.
* e.g., ... i gotta find me some STP, im one short of sampling the magical half dozen.
# 6 - { dirty half dozen:7754352 }
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[ "dirty half dozen" ]
1: When you put 6 eggs in a vagina and you put your penis and crack all the eggs so your penis comes out yellow
* e.g., ... I saw your girl in the club so I took her home and gave her a nice dirty half dozen
# 7 - { Six of one half dozen of the other:843764 }
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[ "Six of one half dozen of the other" ]
1: Used to compare two things that are the same.
* e.g., ... 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.
[ "Six of one half dozen of the other" ]
2: Half/Half
[ "Six of one half dozen of the other" ]
3: 50/50
# 8 - { 6 of 1, half dozen of another:2590841 }
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[ "6 of 1, half dozen of another" ]
1: It essentially means that something is the same thing. The two things you're talking about are really similar.
* e.g., ... Tom: "Hey we can either rent a Ford Taurus, or a Mercury Sable."
# 9 - { Six in one-half dozen:14032463 }
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[ "Six in one-half dozen" ]
1: A shortened form of "six in one-half dozen in the other".
Used to represent or describe the same outcome of two circumstances.
* e.g., ... 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.
[ "Six in one-half dozen" ]
2: 50/50.
# 10 - { six of one, half dozen of the other:5015108 }
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[ "six of one, half dozen of the other" ]
1: A situation which could go either way. Maybe good or bad. 50/50. See: the English phrase rice and chips.
* e.g., ... It was six of one, half dozen of the other, so what could I do?
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