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Korean idiom either way makes no difference

Idioms linked to “엎-치다” · Linked dictionary word

엎치나 메치나

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 엎치나 메치나
  • 엎치나 메치나

English rendering either way makes no difference Literal translation: “whether throwing face down or over the shoulder”

Meaning 1

이렇게 하나 저렇게 하나 결과는 마찬가지라는 말.

An expression meaning that the result is the same whichever way one does it.

Dictionary example 1

엎치나 메치나 그게 그거지, 용쓴다고 무슨 새로운 게 나오겠어.

Either way it is all the same; what new thing could come of straining so hard?

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“엎치나 메치나” — either way makes no difference: An expression meaning that the result is the same whichever way one does it.
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