all the same(1)

all the same(1)
or[all one] {n. phr.} Something that makes no difference; a choice that you don't care about. * /If it's all the same to you, I would like to be waited on first./ * /You can get there by car or by bus - it's all one./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • All the same — All All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. And cheeks all pale. Byron. [1913 Webster] Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • all the same(2) — or[just the same] {adv. phr.}, {informal} As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still. * /Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same./ * /Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all the same(2) — or[just the same] {adv. phr.}, {informal} As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still. * /Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same./ * /Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all the same(1) — or[all one] {n. phr.} Something that makes no difference; a choice that you don t care about. * /If it s all the same to you, I would like to be waited on first./ * /You can get there by car or by bus it s all one./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all the same — or just the same phrasal despite everything ; nevertheless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • All horses are the same color — The horse paradox is a falsidical paradox that arises from flawed demonstrations, which purport to use mathematical induction, of the statement All horses are the same color . The paradox does not truly exist, as these arguments have a crucial… …   Wikipedia

  • All the better — All All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. And cheeks all pale. Byron. [1913 Webster] Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • just the same — See: ALL THE SAME …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • just the same — See: ALL THE SAME …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • just the same — phrasal see all the same …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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