it's as broad as it's long
- it's as broad as it's long
разг.
одно и то же; ≈ что в лоб, что по лбу
the coach being already full, he was obliged to postpone his departure until the next night; but even this circumstance had its bright side as well as its dark one.... ‘So,’ said Tom comforting himself ‘it's very nearly as broad as it's long.’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XXXVI) — Все места в дилижансе были уже заняты, и ему пришлось отложить отъезд до следующего вечера, но даже и это имело свою светлую сторону, наравне с темной... - Значит, - утешал себя Том, - получается, что я ничего не потерял.
Since the cost is the same, and the distances are equal, whether we take the bridge or the tunnel is about as broad as it is long (DAS) — Поедем ли мы через мост или через туннель, безразлично: цена за проезд одна и та же и расстояние одинаковое.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
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