apples and oranges
Example Sentences
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That’s why comparing stocks’ past returns to Social Security’s risk-free, inflation-adjusted payments isn’t apples and oranges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Colleges and universities may object that I’m comparing apples and oranges.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
"One has to be careful not to compare apples and oranges" he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
"It's like mixing apples and oranges in the juicer then complaining that the drink doesn't taste like an apple, so it couldn't have been an apple going in," says Herculano-Houzel.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
It’s like cooking: If you put in sugar and apples and oranges and lemons, when you eat it it’s going to be sweet.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
