egyik tizenkilenc, másik egy híján húsz

Hungarian

Etymology

Literally: “one of them is nineteen, the other is one less than twenty”

Phrase

egyik tizenkilenc, másik egy híján húsz

  1. (idiomatic) six of one, half a dozen of the other (they are equally bad)

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Gyula Paczolay: 750 Hungarian proverbs, 1991
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