C’est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet is a fun French idiom that translates literally to “it’s bonnet white and white bonnet”. There are many English equivalents including: “It amounts to the same thing”, “six of one half a dozen of the other”, “tomayto, tomahto” and “same difference”. A French translation is c’est la même chose (it’s the same thing).
C’est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet
it amounts to the same thing, tomayto, tomahto
Example sentence
Je vois les deux candidats: ils n’ont aucun message et ils disent la même chose. C’est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet.
I see the two candidates. They have no message and they say the same thing. There’s nothing to chose between the two.
Explanations
- The most common meaning of bonnet is “winter hat”.
- The example sentence uses the negation form ne + verb + aucun meaning any or no + noun.
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