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compare apples and oranges

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compare apples and oranges
to examine the similarities of things that are completely different. Comparing the average wages of workers and managers is like trying to compare apples and oranges.
Usage notes: usually used to explain that two things cannot be compared
See also: apple, compare, orange
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You cannot compare apples and oranges, and we enjoyed Harry Potter much more than TLOTR.
Kinkade, Tolkien & Rowling. (Letters to the Editor) by The New American
What proponents of this theory fail to realize, von Sponeck said, is that to compare the north and south is to compare apples and oranges.
FORMER U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COORDINATOR SPEAKS AT CPAP by Powell, Sara / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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