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      [Idiom]  | "half a dozen" 


      1: six

      [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

      [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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       [ "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. 

       [ "Half a Dozen" ]

      1: BMW 6-Series

        * e.g.,  ... BMW 645i, 650i, and M6 

       [ "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. 

       [ "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. 

       [ "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. 

       [ "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 

       [ "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

       [ "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." 

       [ "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.

       [ "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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