vara hugget som stucket
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vara (“be”) + hugget (“cut (slashed)”) + som (“as”) + stucket (“stabbed”), developed from earlier "varken huggen eller stucken" ("neither cut nor stabbed" – neither one thing or the other; neither here nor there), from German weder gehauen noch gestochen, from fencing lingo.
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[edit]vara hugget som stucket (present är hugget som stucket, preterite var hugget som stucket, supine varit hugget som stucket, imperative var hugget som stucket)
- (idiomatic) to be equally good or bad (of two or more alternatives), to be six of one, half a dozen of the other
- Våra styrkor och svagheter jämnar ut sig mot båda lagen. Det är hugget som stucket vilka vi möter i finalen.
- Our strengths and weaknesses balance out against both teams. It's six of one, half a dozen of the other [doesn't matter] when it comes to who we meet in the finals.