same difference

Idioms  

1. No difference at all, the same thing, as in She's my sister, or stepsister—same difference. This jocular colloquial phrase dates from about 1940.

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Example Sentences

Back in 2007 brother and sister duo Same Difference made it to that year's X Factor final.

From BBC

The scientists didn’t see the same difference between these groups in older babies, suggesting that allergy-protective microbes may only act early in life.

From Scientific American

“If you cheat in another way during the season, you can’t even be in the playoffs. It’s pretty much the same difference.”

From Seattle Times

According to the study, the 4x100m men’s relay showed that the difference between gold and silver was the same difference between the time the athletes spent in the changeover zone.

From Reuters

The mayor, Bill Holland, said the city needed to purge itself of criminal outsiders the council believed were overrunning the city the same way "you would call an exterminator to kill roaches. Same difference."

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• balanced
• commensurate
• comparable
• corresponding
• equivalent
• identical
• proportionate