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
- (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