"vara hugget som stucket" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Swedish]

Forms: är hugget som stucket [present], var hugget som stucket [preterite], varit hugget som stucket [supine], var hugget som stucket [imperative]
Etymology: From vara (“be”) + hugget (“cut (slashed)”) + som (“as”) + stucket (“stabbed”), developed from earlier "varken huggen eller stucken" ("neither cut nor stabbed" – neither one thing or the other; neither here nor there), from German weder gehauen noch gestochen, from fencing lingo. Etymology templates: {{af|sv|vara|hugget|som|stucket|t1=be|t2=cut (slashed)|t3=as|t4=stabbed}} vara (“be”) + hugget (“cut (slashed)”) + som (“as”) + stucket (“stabbed”), {{bor|sv|de|weder gehauen noch gestochen}} German weder gehauen noch gestochen Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|är hugget som stucket|preterite|var hugget som stucket|supine|varit hugget som stucket|imperative|var hugget som stucket|head=vara hugget som stucket}} vara hugget som stucket (present är hugget som stucket, preterite var hugget som stucket, supine varit hugget som stucket, imperative var hugget som stucket)
  1. (idiomatic) to be equally good or bad (of two or more alternatives), to be six of one, half a dozen of the other Tags: idiomatic Related terms: gå på ett ut, varken hackat eller malet

Inflected forms

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