no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney

proverb

Irrespective of the number of subtle distinctions or ingenious arguments one presents, the claim remains either false or devoid of meaning.

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Meanings

proverb

alternative no matter how you slice it, it's still the same old baloney · alternative no matter how thin you slice it, it's still boloney

  1. USIrrespective of the number of subtle distinctions or ingenious arguments one presents, the claim remains either false or devoid of meaning.

    Some of our leading scholars trace it back to a favorite American saying of that time, "No matter how thin you slice it, it is still boloney."

    1933 November 29, “Topics of the Times”, in New York Times, page 18
    1 more example

    "Do you have the ability," he asked another juror, "to discern between the truth and baloney?" "I think so, definitely." "No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney, right?"

    2002, Dave Distel, The Sweater Letter, →ISBN, page 267
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APA

no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20matter%20how%20thin%20you%20slice%20it%2C%20it's%20still%20baloney

MLA

“no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20matter%20how%20thin%20you%20slice%20it%2C%20it's%20still%20baloney. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20matter%20how%20thin%20you%20slice%20it%2C%20it's%20still%20baloney.

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