Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's a phrase or saying that you learned from your parents that you don't hear others saying?message-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a phrase or saying that you learned from your parents that you don't hear others saying?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoMy wife always gives me shit for saying “six of one, half a dozen of the other.”
minus-squareKittenBiscuits@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoThat’s pretty common in my area. Tell your wife she needs to get out more! You can mix it up by saying “six of one, baker’s dozen of the other” and see if she catches on.
minus-squarememfree@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoVery common saying with lots of links (merriam-webster, dictionary, wiktionary, grammarist) Is your wife from somewhere very isolated or exotic? Or does she simply want you to add more variety to your discourse? Toh-may-toh/Toh-mah-toh
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoShe’s got it in her head this is an old person expression. To be honest I can’t remember hearing other people use it much in recent years, but maybe I just don’t notice.
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHad to look this up, never heard of it before.
My wife always gives me shit for saying “six of one, half a dozen of the other.”
That’s pretty common in my area. Tell your wife she needs to get out more!
You can mix it up by saying “six of one, baker’s dozen of the other” and see if she catches on.
Very common saying with lots of links (merriam-webster, dictionary, wiktionary, grammarist)
Is your wife from somewhere very isolated or exotic? Or does she simply want you to add more variety to your discourse? Toh-may-toh/Toh-mah-toh
She’s got it in her head this is an old person expression. To be honest I can’t remember hearing other people use it much in recent years, but maybe I just don’t notice.
Had to look this up, never heard of it before.