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A5 Expressions, Noun
どんぐりの背比べhaving no outstanding characteristics, to all seem about the same, bragging competition ('pissing contest') concerning matters of little importance, height comparison among acorns
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Expressions, Noun
1.
having very little difference between one another, being much of a muchness, being more or less the same, height comparison among acorns
Idiomatic expressionExpressions, Noun
2.
pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties), pissing contest
Idiomatic expression
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どんぐりの背比べ 【どんぐりのせいくらべ】、ドングリの背比べ 【どんぐりのせいくらべ】、団栗の背比べ 【どんぐりのせいくらべ】
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お前らに大差はない。どんぐりの背比べだよ。
There isn't much of a difference between you all. It's a height comparison among acorns.
このクラスはどんぐりの背比べで、秀でた生徒はいない。
In this class, it's a height comparison among acorns; there are no outstanding students.
初級クラスなのだから、みんながどんぐりの背比べなのも当然だ。
Since it's a beginner's class, naturally everyone is at a height comparison among acorns.
父:「長男も次男もどんぐりの背比べで、どちらが秀でているとかはない。」
Father: "Both the eldest and the second son are a height comparison among acorns; neither is particularly outstanding."
彼女とはどんぐりの背比べだと思っていたのに、いつ差をつけられたんだ?!
I thought it was a height comparison among acorns between her and me, so when did she pull ahead?!
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