Question

phs: literature & comp i - block (23.0616030)
characters, conflict, and idioms in \daughter of invention\ by julia alvarez
\daughter of invention\
from how the garcia girls lost their accents
her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment
to talk to them; they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to
persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping
mall or a movie—in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her
room. \the problem with you girls...\ the problem boiled down to the fact that
they wanted to become americans and their father—and their mother, too, at first
—would have none of it.
\you girls are going to drive me crazy,\ she threatened, if they kept nagging.
\when i end up in bellevue, youll be safely sorry!\
she spoke in english when she argued with them. and her english was a
mishmash of mixed-up idioms and sayings that showed she was \green behind
the ears,\ as she called it.
if her husband insisted she speak in spanish to the girls so they wouldnt forget
their native tongue, shed snap, \when in rome, do unto the romans.\
yoyo, the big mouth, had become the spokesman for her sisters, and she stood
er ground in that bedroom. \were not going to that school anymore, mami!\
\you have to - \ her eyes would widen with worry. \in this country, it is against the
law not to go to school! you want us to get thrown out?\
which of laura’s misquoted idioms from \daughter of invention\ is intended to
mean that it makes no difference to her?
\green behind the
ears,\
\when in rome, do
unto the romans.\
\it’s half of one or
two dozen of
another.\
\...one of these
days my ship
would pass me by
in the night.\

Explanation:

To determine which misquoted idiom means "it makes no difference to her", we analyze each option:

• "green behind the ears" means inexperienced, not related to indifference.
• "When in Rome, do unto the Romans" means adapt to local customs, not indifference.
• "It's half of one or two dozen of another" (correctly "Six of one, half - dozen of the other") means two options are equivalent, so it makes no difference.
• "...one of these days my ship would pass me by in the night" is not a standard idiom about indifference.

Answer:

The idiom "It's half of one or two dozen of another" (the top - right option among the four given, or more precisely the option with the text "It's half of one or two dozen of another")