词组 | same diff |
释义 | same diff ⇨ same difference; same diffnoun the same thing, no difference UK, 1999same differenceMaking no actual difference; the same or essentially the same. A: "I told you to wear a white shirt, not a cream-colored one." B: "White, cream—same difference." A: "Do you want to go get the food, or will I?" B: "Eh, same difference." same differencethe same; no difference at all. Pink, fuchsia, what does it matter? Same difference. Whether you go or I go, it's the same difference. same differenceNo difference at all, the same thing, as in She's my sister, or stepsister-same difference. This jocular colloquial phrase dates from about 1940. same differenceused to express the speaker's belief that two or more things are essentially the same, in spite of apparent differences. informalsame ˈdifference(spoken) used to say that you think the differences between two things are not important: ‘She’s divorced from her husband.’ ‘No she’s not, she’s only separated.’ ‘Same difference.’same difference n. the same; no difference at all. Pink, fuchsia, what does it matter? Same difference. same differenceNo difference whatever, the same thing. This colloquialism dates from about 1940. Usually spoken with a bit of a shrug, it appears in such contexts as “He worked for them four years, or was it five? Same difference.” |
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