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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。