no matter how you slice it

Idioms  

1. Regardless of how one views something, as in No matter how you slice it, he's still guilty of perjury. This expression uses slice in the sense of “cut apart.” [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

I found dictation and handwriting to be useful, but swiping to type on a 40mm screen is just not ideal no matter how you slice it.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022

“No matter who sees it, no matter how you slice it, I think Trout is No. 1,” he said in Japanese.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

But no matter how you slice it, it imposes some point of view or some lens on the world of what is and is not credible.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2018

It’s got Booker T and the MGs backing Redding, and it’s a powerful, emotionally open-hearted concert no matter how you slice it.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2016

And usually I’d be quick to blame a mess like this on Bobby Gene, but no matter how you slice it, this one circles back to me.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon