Idioms in Modern Languages
Le mode recto verso is an idiomatic expression in French that means "two sides of a sheet or page", but figuratively means that two things are basically the same, or that they are different but closely related. This is analogous to, (and maybe even cognate to) some idioms in English such as "two sides of the same coin" or "six of one and half a dozen of the other".
In Flanders the term recto verso is also used to indicate two-sided printing. Duplex printers are referred to as recto verso printers.
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