English · Idiom Candidate

much of a muchness

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Very similar or equivalent in character or quality

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

rất giống nhau hoặc tương đương về đặc điểm hoặc chất lượng

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Literally: much of muchness

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

But that's all much of a muchness isn't it?

Yesterday's polls looked much of a muchness — they were not ‘ all over the place’— but concealed politically crucial variations.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

alike, very much the same thing.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

giống nhau, gần như giống hệt

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Era: ca. 1874 (Victorian)

Where it’s used: Origin British & Irish English

Sources & notes

Historical definition reproduced from Hotten’s The Slang Dictionary (1874, public domain; Project Gutenberg #42108, retrieved 2026-07-31). Reflects the attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “much of a muchness” mean?

Very similar or equivalent in character or quality Literally: much of muchness

Is “much of a muchness” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.