"no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Audio: En-au-no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.ogg
Head templates: {{en-proverb}} no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
  1. (chiefly US) Regardless of how many clever points or fine distinctions one makes, what one is saying is still false or is still nonsense. Tags: US Synonyms: no matter how you slice it, it's still the same old baloney, no matter how thin you slice it, it's still boloney
    Sense id: en-no_matter_how_thin_you_slice_it,_it's_still_baloney-en-proverb-7~MIBj1i Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs, English sentences, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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