any way one slices it en · X
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛni‿weɪ wʌn ˈslaɪsəz‿ət/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˌɛni‿weɪ wʌn ˈslaɪsɪz‿ɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Perhaps a reference to a food item such as a cake or a sausage looking the same on the inside no matter how it is sliced.
Meanings
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(US, idiomatic, informal) From any perspective; in every case.
Any way one slices it, his dissection of human disease is not a pretty sight.
2013, William F. Zak, A Mirror for Lovers: Shake-speare's Sonnets as Curious Perspective, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 74:Any way I slice it, that's going to take some time. Just flying there and back is going to eat up days.
2018, Derek Haas, The Way I Die: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:Any way you slice it, we have to get out of here and we have to take him with us.
Back inside I thought it all over carefully, weighing my options. Not good, any way you sliced it.
1998, Bill Pronzini, Boobytrap, Speaking Volumes, →ISBN:Ain't no use to fight it / Don't tamper with my destiny / Any way you slice it / I'm in the hands of fate, you see
1977, The Originals, “Been Decided”, in Down to Love Town:Near-synonyms: by any measure, by any stretch, at any rate, in any event, at all events, in any case
Relateds
no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
Synonyms
at any rate · in any event · however one slices it · by any stretch · whichever way one slices it · any way one cuts it · in any case · by any measure · no matter how one slices it · no matter how one looks at it · at all events
Translations (7)
sv i vilket fall som helst (from any perspective; in every case) · pl pod każdym względem (from any perspective; in every case) · fr en tout cas (from any perspective; in every case) · it comunque la giri (from any perspective; in every case) · fi vaikka asiaa miten kääntelisi (from any perspective; in every case) · it comunque la si gira (from any perspective; in every case) · fr de toute façon (from any perspective; in every case)