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The answer is not a dozen...

Six of one and half a dozen of the other means you have two portions the same - just referred to by different names.

So it means you either have two equal portions, or the portion you are comparing with someone else's portion is equal - therefore you have one portion equal to someone else's portion

It's an English language idiom.
 
No rofl

I've got a crate of 24 cans of Stella and six four packs. Which do you want?

Meh. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. I'll take the slab.

It's a comparative idiom not an additive one
 
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