If I go left or right i'll turn up at the same place in the end. It's six of one half dozen of the other.
by David October 1, 2004
Get the Six of one half dozen of the othermug. A situation which could go either way. Maybe good or bad. 50/50. See: the English phrase rice and chips.
by Dash2 June 5, 2010
Get the six of one, half dozen of the othermug. by i prefer jelly July 12, 2003
Get the Six of one half dozen of the othermug. You can take all of your wishes and wants, dreams, desires, and prayers, and put them all together....they still do not amount to shit.
Dad, I want a pony! Well, you can wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which one fills up faster.
by Papa Bubbles November 5, 2017
Get the wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see whichmug. A reply given to someone who wishes for something because a part of their life is unfair, basically stating that life is full of good and bad things. In essence, wishes mean nothing.
This is the earliest version of the saying, with the reference to Germans eating shit coming from American soldiers in WWII.
This is the earliest version of the saying, with the reference to Germans eating shit coming from American soldiers in WWII.
You know what they say Ted: Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand the German guy eats out of.
by Bill Tetley June 19, 2011
Get the Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand the German guy eats out of.mug. When your mind is completely elsewhere or unfocused as you watch someone demonstrate how to complete a certain task
Him: Aaaaand it’s that easy! That’s how you put a windshield wiper on a car. Now you try to put the other one on!
You: yeah I would love to but all of that just went in one eye out the other…
You: yeah I would love to but all of that just went in one eye out the other…
by Ositam September 16, 2021
Get the In one eye out the othermug. When someone shows you how to do something and you pay no attention whatsoever and therefore cannot do the thing they showed you to do
I know I just watched you put that windshield wiper on the car… but it just went in one eye and out the other
by Ositam September 9, 2021
Get the In one eye and out the othermug.