egyik kutya, másik eb

Hungarian

Etymology

Hungarian has two words for "dog", the current kutya and the older eb. Thus “one of them is a dog, the other is a hound”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɟik ˈkucɒ ˈmaːʃik ˈɛb]

Phrase

egyik kutya, másik eb

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

Synonyms

• egyik tizenkilenc, másik egy híján húsz
• egyre megy

Further reading

• Gyula Paczolay: 750 Hungarian proverbs, 1991 [1]