"it is six in one hand and half a dozen in the other" in German It is six in one hand and half-a-dozen in the other. Das ist gehupft wie gesprungen. Detailed translations for "it is six in one hand and half a dozen in the other" It is six in one hand and half-a-dozen in the other. It is six in one hand and half-a-dozen in the other.(also: That's six of one and half a dozen of another.) Das ist gehupft wie gesprungen.