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每日学口语(11月7日)IT'S SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER.

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小时候每次和弟弟打完架,去妈妈那里告状,她都会说:你们俩呀,半斤八两,谁都有不对的地方。那么,这个“半斤八两”用英语怎么说呢?即“six of one, half-dozen of the other”。

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一个是六,另一个是十二的一半,意思就是两个东西是一样的,跟半斤八两的逻辑一样,因为古代一斤有十六两,半斤就是八两。看来中西方的思维方式在一些方面还是很相似的。

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此外,“tweedledum and tweedledee”也是半斤八两的意思。

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看下面例句:

I say she's a stewardess. She says she's a flight attendant. It's six of one, a half-dozen of the other.

(我说她是乘务员,她说她是空姐,这不是一样的嘛。)

It is six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.
旗鼓相当,半斤八两;难兄难弟。

It's six of one and half a dozen of the other, so far as being on the square goes.
说到诚实公正,两个人都差不多。

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掉到地上的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到泥巴里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到煤堆里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到砒霜里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到氰化钾里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到马桶里面的食物    任何時候都不能吃

WE OFTEN C THE PHRASE ON SOME ACTIVE MOVIES OF HOLLYWOOD.THE BAD GUYS SMOKED A CIGAR AND TOLD THE COPER,RIGHT, IT'S SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER.
掉到地上的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到泥巴里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到煤堆里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到砒霜里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到氰化钾里的食物  3秒内还能吃
掉到马桶里面的食物    任何時候都不能吃

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It's six of one and half a dozen of the other, so far as being on the square goes.
行动未必带来快乐,但不行动就一定不快乐。
爱随心动,随心而行

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six of one, half-dozen of the other
世界之窗

zzZzzzZzzzzZ在沉睡中沉思

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It is six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.
身若浮云心若风

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yesterday sfternoon, my frieds and i went out to play badminton; as a matter of fact, It is six of one and half-a-dozen of the other with our skills.
穷人的经历,无尽的财富........

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