Examples of 'apples and oranges' in a sentence
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To compare one with the other is to compare apples and oranges.
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That may be true, but he is comparing apples and oranges.
Comparing these cars is like comparing apples and oranges.
But this is to compare apples and oranges.
He says it's too much like trying to compare apples and oranges.
Never mind the comparison of apples and oranges.
But that may be apples and oranges.
We are comparing apples and oranges and in a way dressing up an apple to be an orange.
They are in effect being asked to compare apples and oranges as they are being juggled
by both parties.
Some of it might be useless – it's difficult to compare apples and oranges.
It may seem like apples and oranges, but advertisers have only so much grocery money
to spend.
Which means those previous examples don't count here, because it is apples and oranges.
Fruit: pricier summer favourites like strawberries and melon are disappearing, in
favour of cheaper alternatives like apples and oranges.
This isn't just apples and oranges, it's the whole fruit stall, so if we must use
superlatives, we 'd better narrow them down.
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