OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26200

apples and oranges

Meanings (ES + gloss)
no hay punto de comparación • patatas y apichus • peras con manzanas • peras y manzanas
A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
It's apples and oranges. You can't convert square meters to linear inches.
So on the one hand, comparing policing issues in Scotland with what is happening in England may be like comparing apples and oranges.
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