all the same

tous pareils, identiques

Toutes les personnes ou choses d'un groupe se ressemblent sur le point dont on parle.

En anglais simple : Every person or thing in a group is alike in the way being discussed.

• These bags are all the same.
• The rooms were all the same size.
• Do the songs sound all the same to you?

Synonymes : identical, alike

Contraires : different

Expressions courantes : look all the same, all the same size, all the same color

égal, indifférent

Le choix entre plusieurs possibilités ne fait aucune différence importante.

En anglais simple : It makes no real difference which choice is made.

• It is all the same to me.
• Tea or coffee would be all the same to him.
• Would it be all the same to you if we came tomorrow?

Comment l'utiliser : be all the same to someone (It is all the same to me which seat I take.)

Synonymes : immaterial, irrelevant

Expressions courantes : be all the same, all the same choice

quand même, néanmoins

Quelque chose se produit ou reste vrai malgré ce qui vient d'être dit.

En anglais simple : Despite what was just said, something still happens or is true.

• It was raining, but we went all the same.
• I cannot accept your offer, but thanks all the same.
• She knew he might refuse; she asked him all the same.

Synonymes : nevertheless, even so, nonetheless

Expressions courantes : try all the same, thanks all the same, go all the same