They were married for forty years, or was it thirty? Same difference - it was a long time anyway.
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There is a lot of difference between the two
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Difference between two things is not important
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1 or 2 both are correct
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none of the above
The idiom 'same difference' is used ironically to suggest that the difference between two options is not significant or important. The speaker is downplaying the distinction between forty and thirty years. Option A takes the phrase literally, while option C is nonsensical.
This is a verbal-reasoning idiom question. The phrase 'same difference' is used sarcastically/colloquially to mean that a discrepancy (here, thirty vs. forty years) doesn't actually matter for the point being made — the speaker is dismissing the difference as inconsequential. So the correct paraphrase is 'Difference between two things is not important.' The other options misread the sentence: it doesn't claim a large difference exists, it doesn't assert both numbers are literally correct, and 'none of the above' ignores that a valid paraphrase is available.