much of a muchness

Meaning: (idiomatic)Of two or more things, having littledifferenceof any significance between them.1819,The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc,page683:As to any existing dearth of materials for comedy, I hold it to be merely imaginary; for I believe that on a fair comparison, the manners and morals of the present age and those of the past, would provemuch of a muchness.1850,James Fenimore Cooper, “The Ways of the Hour”, inPrecaution / The Ways of the Hour, facsimile edition, published2010,page30:“He was not,” answered a juror. “Old Peter Goodwin could not have been more than five feet five, and Dorothy was all of that, I should think. When they came to meeting together, they lookedmuch of a muchness.”1926October 2, “Chats with Office Callers”, inHenry Ford, W. J. Cameron, editors,Dearborn Independent MagazineOctober 1925-December 1926,page28:In fact, he said, in spite of all efforts to lift the popular taste, things weremuch of a muchnesswith the old days when in popular novels the villain, had to be foiled, the hero had to triumph and the lovers had to be united.c.1931,Virginia Woolf, “Portrait of a Londoner”, inThe London Scene, published2004,page75:Private houses in London are apt to bemuch of a muchness. The door opens on a dark hall; from the dark hall rises a narrow staircase; off the landing opens a double drawing-room, and in this double drawing-room are two sofas on each side of a blazing fire, six armchairs, and three long windows giving upon the street.1987March 30, John Simon, “Theater: Railway Disaster”, inNew York,page97:The songs aremuch of a muchness(or littleness), all sounding forgettably alike.2000, Patrick Whitefield,How To Make A Forest Garden, Permanent Publications, UK,page 13:There are small trees and large shrubs which aremuch of a muchness, and it may not be possible to say whether an individual plant is a tall member of the shrub layer or a short tree.2000, Steve Bruce,Sociology: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press,page80:There were many legislative and political battles to be fought before the fundamental idea that all people weremuch of a muchnesswas translated into a culture of equal rights for all, but gradually rights were extended from landowners, to rich men, to not so rich men, to all men, and then to women.2019October 6, Funmi Fetto, “Smoky eyes get a contemporary colour revamp”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:The majority aremuch of a muchnessso, unless you are desperately trying to find a way to waste money, I’d rarely venture into high double digits.

Examples:

EN: We are all much of a muchness, you, me, her and him,
ES: Todos somos muy parecidos, somos iguales al final.
EN: It's all much of a muchness.
ES: Es más o menos lo mismo
EN: I expect they're all much of a muchness.
ES: Imagino que son más exagerados.
ID: Kurasa semuanya sama saja.
EN: British vigil, the British union of fascists-- they're all much of a muchness-- anti-semites and aristocrats.
ES: "Guardia Británica", "Unión Británica de Fascistas"... Son lo mismo. Antisemitas y aristócratas.
EN: I could go on, but they're all much of a muchness.
ES: Podría seguir, pero todos se parecen.
EN: I was at Uppsala myself, but I guess that's much of a muchness.
ES: Yo estudié en Uppsala, pero supongo que es lo mismo...
EN: It is much of a muchness.
ES: Siempre más de lo mismo.
EN: It's much of a muchness.
ES: Es una gran cantidad.
EN: Truth is, they're much of a muchness.
HI: सच कहु तो यार इनमे बडा दम है
EN: The rest is much of a muchness."[2]
HI: *"मिलता तो बहुत कुछ है,"*
EN: Too much of a muchness as my mother used to say.
HI: कुछ उऊँ-माँ जैसा बोली थी.
EN: No other general can make that claim." I could go on, but they're all much of a muchness.
ID: Kemenangan-kemenangan dari Jenderal Montgomery di El Alamein, Sisilia dan setiap peperangan yang telah dia dilakukan layak menjadi pertimbangan utama.
EN: I mean, they're all much of a muchness in those mansion blocks, aren't they?
ID: Maksudku, mereka semua mirip di blok rumah mewah itu, bukan?
EN: Most of them are much of a muchness.
TE: విలలాప సుదుఃఖార్తో బహుధా కరుణం నృపః॥
EN: The other six teams are much of a muchness.
TE: ఈ ఆరుగురి దగ్గర వాకీటాకీలు ఇతరత్రా హంగామా చాలా వుంటుంది.

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