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apples and oranges

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Colleges and universities may object that I’m comparing apples and oranges.

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Green, who negotiated with both the city and county, said comparing the two was like “apples and oranges.”

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Actually, the concept of the Packers’ streak being anything more than the three-peat they have always been credited for is semantics, fan talk ... a little bit of apples and oranges.

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"One has to be careful not to compare apples and oranges" he told the BBC.

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“So the new systems that are going into place are like apples and oranges compared to the old systems.”

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