toss-up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Adecisionin which neither choice is clearlyfavorableorunfavorable, or for which theoutcomedoes not matter.It's really atoss-upbetween the red skirt with blue stripes and the blue skirt with red stripes. They both look good and fit well.; Either of twooutcomesthat areequallylikely.1889,Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, inUnder the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published1899, page151:“He’ll do,” said the Doctor, quietly. “It must have been atoss-upall through the night. ’Think you’re to be congratulated on this case.”2013January 11, Tom Shone,The Guardian‎[1]:No longer is the best picture going to be atoss-upbetween that troika of national-historical heavies: Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty. Instead, a warm welcome back for Life of Pi, widely dismissed by many as "this year's Hugo" but this column's dark-horse pick from October.; Thetossof acoinused todecidesomeissue.

Examples:

EN: ( All Laughing ) It's been a toss-up between Lillian and that new French girl, Anna Held.
ES: Estaba indeciso entre Lillian y esa francesa nueva, Anna Held.
EN: And before you were born, sir, when you were nothing but a toss-up between a girl's and a boy's name, I was a soldier.
ES: Y antes de que hubiese nacido, cuando no era nada más que un nombre que se echaba a suertes, ¡yo era soldado!
EN: It was a sheer toss-up whether you or Titus went on from here.
ES: -No, no, Cherry. Fue por un mero sorteo que tú o Titus os fuerais de aquí.
EN: Doc says it's a toss-up.
ES: El médico dice que es cara o cruz.
EN: I heard him say if it's a toss-up as to who's lying, I lose!
ES: Dice que si las comparan, la mía pierde.
EN: It's a toss-up.
ES: - No lo sé con certeza.
ES: Difícil.
EN: It's a toss-up, which happens first?
ES: Es a cara o cruz.
EN: It's always a toss-up, do you go for better colour or do you go to sharpness, and which better represents, though neither can represent...
ES: Buscas un color mejor o buscas más la definición. Es como echar una moneda al aire. ¿Qué es lo mejor, aunque no puede representar?
EN: - It's a toss-up, I can tell you that.
ES: Está difícil, la verdad.
EN: For a while there, it was a toss-up whether I'd be a doctor or an actor.
ES: Durante un tiempo no supe si estudiar para médico o para actor.
EN: They were used for the toss-up and fell in the mud
ES: Se usaron para el sorteo y se cayeron al fango.
EN: Well, it's a toss-up.
ES: A la derecha o a la izquierda.
EN: It's a toss-up, but we'll need the help of the police
ES: Es un lanzamiento, pero necesitaremos la ayuda de la policía.
EN: Here's your toss-up.
ES: Aqui esta la pregunta.
ES: Aqui está su pregunta.
EN: According to the street, it's a toss-up.
ES: Según lo que dicen allá afuera, no hay ninguna seguridad.

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