six of one, half a dozen of the other
Maria trocou seis por meia dúzia, largou um namorado ruim e arrumou outro péssimo.
Maria swapped six for half a dozen — she left a bad boyfriend and got another terrible one.
The image is transparent and lies in the arithmetic itself: half a dozen is exactly six. Exchanging one thing for another of equal value — seis for meia dúzia — changes nothing in the end.
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