apples and oranges

apples and oranges
apples and oranges
Fig. two entities that are not similar. (Used especially in reference to comparisons of unlike things.) •

You can't talk about Fred and Ted in the same breath! They're like apples and oranges.

Talking about her current book and her previous bestseller is like comparing apples and oranges.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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