As Broad As Long Meaning & Sentence Examples

As Broad As Long Definition, Sentence Examples

AS BROAD AS LONG MEANING – Find out what as broad as long really means. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.

As a response to S Baker’s query regarding the definition of this phrase, Victoria S Dennis wrote, “as broad as it is long” in October 2009. The term merely indicates that the arguments presented by both sides of the issue have the same value.

The idiom “six of one and half a dozen of the other” has the same meaning. There is no known creator of these two expressions. The phrase “as broad as it is long” was first used in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable in 1984, thus it was already well-established by then.

As Broad As Long Meaning:

No matter how you look at it, it is still the same.
used to say when making a choice is difficult because all are equal.

Here are examples of sentences that use as broad as long:

We can fill the pool now or wait until later. It’s as broad as it is long, seeing that we will have to fill it anyways.
Do you prefer the violet or brown sofa? It is as broad as it is long, and I will only have it for a year.
Polly couldn’t decide between the cocktail dresses. The choice was as broad as it is long.

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