半bun3斤gan1八baat3兩loeng2

simp半斤八两

bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2bàn jīn bā liǎng

English

not much to choose between the two
nothing to choose between the two; six of one, half of a dozen of the other; literally: half catty and eight taels
tweedledum and tweedledee

粵語 — Cantonese

半斤同八兩相等，比喻彼此分量或程度不相上下

Examples

你哋兩個，一個衝紅燈，一個超速，咪又係半斤八兩！
You two! One of you has jumped a red light and the other one has overspeeded. You two are the same!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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